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How can i install, from packages, Boost 1.55 on Ubuntu 15.10? For example, the repository (via Synaptic) only shows Boost 1.58 only, and Emulationstation (the version i have as tarball) uses Boost 1.55 as dependency - i have 1.58 installed, and terminal shows "emulationstation: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_system.so.1.55.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

Paulo Silva
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This can be really bad for your system.
The best thing to do is to clone the source code and compile it yourself.

(it doesn't look that hard: https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation)


But if for some reason you really want to install an old version of libboost you can do it that way:
(I really don't recommend doing that unless you know what you're doing,
you can damage your system)

Download from here the packages suitable for your OS:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost1.55/

Ror 64bit download libboost1.55-dev_1.55.0+dfsg-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
For 32bit download libboost1.55-dev_1.55.0+dfsg-3ubuntu2_i386.deb
If you run something else download libboost1.55-doc_1.55.0+dfsg-3ubuntu2_all.deb

elichai2
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If it's available in your current apt sources, you can install it using the below steps:

  1. Press CTRL+ALT+T

  2. Type sudo apt-get install libboost1.55*

  3. If prompted type in your password (When you type in your password nothing will show up, this is normal)

  4. If prompted type y to confirm that you want to install it.

  5. Profit! If all went well, then congrats! You successfully installed it!

Grammargeek
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  • i tried "sudo apt-get install libboost*=1.55" and said "E: Version '1.55' for 'libboost(...)' was not found" – Paulo Silva Oct 17 '15 at 10:48
  • Got it! Look at the updated answer! – Grammargeek Oct 18 '15 at 01:04
  • i think that didn’t work because 1.55 isn’t there in the repository, only 1.58, which doesn’t work - perhaps i need to add the repository from a previous ubuntu version, or maybe create file links of 1.58 renamed as 1.55? or perhaps adding a ppa from somewhere? which is the best approach? – Paulo Silva Oct 19 '15 at 19:20
  • I know, that's why I suggested the above. The above is available from the default sources – Grammargeek Oct 19 '15 at 22:57
  • i tried that, but that is going to install the missing libboost1.58, not libboost1.55 – Paulo Silva Oct 20 '15 at 16:54
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This will cover the bases for you:

sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

It works for me when I have a libboost_system.so.1.55.0 dependecy (or any libboost dependency) not meet on system.

Hope it helps!

Steven Saxton
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  • According to http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/universe/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 that will install Boost 1.58.0 in Ubuntu Wily though. -1 – David Foerster Jan 08 '17 at 10:19