Boosting Linux C++ Development

Trevor Woerner


Abstract

This paper was created to document one way of setting up and using the Boost library on a Linux system. This information was based on Boost 1.29.0 and RedHat Linux 7.3 and 8.0.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Why Use Boost?
3. Building and Installing
4. Testing
4.1. Simple Test with Array
4.2. Tougher Test with Threads
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