doc/build-unix.md claims debian users should install libboost1.37-dev, but this package does not exist in debian 7 (wheezy). Similar packages are libboost1.49-dev and libboost-all-dev.
doc/build-unix.md asks for install of debian package which does not exist, libboost1.37-dev #3755
issue ian-kelling opened this issue on February 27, 2014-
ian-kelling commented at 5:38 AM on February 27, 2014: contributor
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- laanwj closed this on May 2, 2014
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ian-kelling commented at 8:37 PM on May 2, 2014: contributor
This is not solved, the newly recommended package, boost 1.55, also does not exist in debian 7. It is only in testing or unstable, which are not recommended by debian except for debian developers. I personally used 1.49 which is debian 7 wen I filed this bug, and things worked. Requiring 1.55 would mean debian users need to compile boost from source, and the instructions would need say that instead.
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laanwj commented at 5:54 AM on May 3, 2014: member
In principle, there is no boost version requirement at all on Linux. On Windows there have been some critical issues (that I remember) with older boosts but in principle it should even still work with 1.37.
So: Boost 1.55 is suggested but not required. If you think this is a problem in the document, please fix it.
Personally I'm a bit tired of this, many people claim to 'fix' this then the next day it turns out that some other distribution wants something else. I suppose the only way to comprehensively document this is a table 'boost version per distribution version'.
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