User guide

Boost

• boost-test

• boost-thread

• boost-wave

Not included in the meta-package are packages for static linking or packages that depend on the

underlying Message Passing Interface (MPI) support.

MPI support is provided in two forms: one for the default Open MPI implementation

, and another for

the alternate MPICH2 implementation. The selection of the underlying MPI library in use is up to the

user and depends on specific hardware details and user preferences. For more details, please consult

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:MPI for information on MPI Packaging conventions. Please

note that these packages can be installed in parallel, as installed files have unique directory locations.

For Open MPI:

• boost-openmpi

• boost-openmpi-devel

• boost-graph-openmpi

• boost-openmpi-python

For MPICH2:

• boost-mpich2

• boost-mpich2-devel

• boost-graph-mpich2

• boost-mpich2-python

If static linkage cannot be avoided, the boost-static package will install the necessary static

libraries. Both thread-enabled and single-threaded libraries are provided.

3.3.3.1. Boost Updates

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 version of Boost features many packaging improvements and new

features.

Several aspects of the boost package have changed. As noted above, the monolithic boost

package has been augmented by smaller, more discrete sub-packages. This allows for more control

of dependencies by users, and for smaller binary packages when packaging a custom application that

uses Boost.

In addition, both single-threaded and multi-threaded versions of all libraries are packaged. The multi-

threaded versions include the mt suffix, as per the usual Boost convention.

Boost also features the following new libraries:

• Foreach

MPI support is not available on IBM System Z machines (where Open MPI is not available).