.. index:: Boost C++ Libraries
.. _Boost C++ Libraries:

Boost C++ Libraries
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Description
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Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.

User instructions
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Installed locally on all workstations and compute servers.  See the Boost documentation for help: http://www.boost.org.

Source
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Debian repositories.

License
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Boost Software License (free in speech and in beer).

Admin notes
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Debian separates the Boost distribution into many components, but provides a
meta package that will install all of them::

        libboost-all-dev