From how to install boost lib, I followed the solution but I was met with the following message:
To add more information, I was trying to install the libs due to this thread I posted: python keplerian toolbox
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libboost-all-dev : Depends: libboost-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-chrono-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-date-time-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-filesystem-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-graph-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-graph-parallel-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-iostreams-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-locale-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-math-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-mpi-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-mpi-python-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-program-options-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-python-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-random-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-regex-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-serialization-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-signals-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-system-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-test-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-thread-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-timer-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libboost-wave-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
How do I fix this?
ii libboost-atomic1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 atomic data types, operations, and memory ordering constraints
ii libboost-atomic1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 atomic data types, operations, and memory ordering constraints
ii libboost-chrono1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 C++ representation of time duration, time point, and clocks
ii libboost-chrono1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 C++ representation of time duration, time point, and clocks
ii libboost-context1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 provides a sort of cooperative multitasking on a single thread
ii libboost-context1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 provides a sort of cooperative multitasking on a single thread
ii libboost-date-time1.49.0 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 amd64 set of date-time libraries based on generic programming concepts
ii libboost-date-time1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 set of date-time libraries based on generic programming concepts
ii libboost-date-time1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 set of date-time libraries based on generic programming concepts
ii libboost-exception1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 set of date-time libraries based on generic programming concepts
ii libboost-filesystem1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 filesystem operations (portable paths, iteration over directories, etc) in C++
ii libboost-filesystem1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 filesystem operations (portable paths, iteration over directories, etc) in C++
ii libboost-graph-parallel1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 generic graph components and algorithms in C++
ii libboost-graph-parallel1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 generic graph components and algorithms in C++
ii libboost-graph1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 generic graph components and algorithms in C++
ii libboost-graph1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 generic graph components and algorithms in C++
ii libboost-iostreams1.49.0 1.49.0-3.2ubuntu1 amd64 Boost.Iostreams Library
ii libboost-iostreams1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 Boost.Iostreams Library development files
ii libboost-iostreams1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 Boost.Iostreams Library
ii libboost-locale1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 C++ facilities for localization
ii libboost-locale1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 C++ facilities for localization
ii libboost-math1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 Boost.Math Library development files
ii libboost-math1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 Boost.Math Library
ii libboost-mpi-python1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 C++ interface to the Message Passing Interface (MPI), Python Bindings
ii libboost-mpi-python1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 C++ interface to the Message Passing Interface (MPI), Python Bindings
ii libboost-mpi1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 C++ interface to the Message Passing Interface (MPI)
ii libboost-mpi1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 C++ interface to the Message Passing Interface (MPI)
ii libboost-program-options1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 program options library for C++
ii libboost-program-options1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 program options library for C++
ii libboost-python1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 Boost.Python Library development files
ii libboost-python1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 Boost.Python Library
ii libboost-random1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 Boost Random Number Library
ii libboost-random1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 Boost Random Number Library
ii libboost-regex1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 regular expression library for C++
ii libboost-regex1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 regular expression library for C++
ii libboost-serialization1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 serialization library for C++
ii libboost-serialization1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 serialization library for C++
ii libboost-signals1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 managed signals and slots library for C++
ii libboost-signals1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 managed signals and slots library for C++
ii libboost-system1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 Operating system (e.g. diagnostics support) library
ii libboost-system1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 Operating system (e.g. diagnostics support) library
ii libboost-test1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 components for writing and executing test suites
ii libboost-test1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 components for writing and executing test suites
ii libboost-thread1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 portable C++ multi-threading
ii libboost-thread1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 portable C++ multi-threading
ii libboost-timer1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 C++ wall clock and CPU process timers
ii libboost-timer1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 C++ wall clock and CPU process timers
ii libboost-wave1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 C99/C++ preprocessor library
ii libboost-wave1.53.0 1.53.0-3 amd64 C99/C++ preprocessor library
ii libboost1.53-all-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 Boost C++ Libraries development files (ALL)
ii libboost1.53-dev 1.53.0-3 amd64 Boost C++ Libraries development files
dpkg -l libboost* | grep ^ii? – Gerhard Burger May 10 '13 at 11:59