Boost
Overview and Purpose
Boost is a freely available C++Library consisting of a variety of portable sub-libraries. The sub-libraries can be used for various purposes, e.g. mathematical operations, meta programming or memory management.
Current Developers of the Library
Although Boost was begun by members of the C++ Standards Committee Library Working Group, participation has expanded to include thousands of programmers from the C++ community at large.
Supported Platforms at LRZ
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Platform |
Installed version |
|---|---|
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SuperMUC, Linux-Cluster |
1.45 (gcc), 1.47 (gcc) |
Using Boost
Before using Boost please first load the appropriate environment module:
module load boost/[version]_xxx
with xxx=gcc for using the Gnu compiler or xxx=icc using the Intel compiler (10.1, default). If you are using the Gnu compiler please also don't forget to load the gcc module. Then, the include files for a make-controlled build process are available in the ${BOOST_INCDIR} subdirectory. The libraries themselves can be found in the ${BOOST_LIBDIR} subdirectory.
Compile like this for Gnu
c++ -I ${BOOST_BASE} yourprogram.cpp -o yourexecutable.exe [ -L${BOOST_LIBDIR} -lboost_xxxxx ]
like this for Intel
icc -I ${BOOST_BASE} yourprogram.cpp -o yourexecutable.exe [ -L${BOOST_LIBDIR} -lboost_xxxxx ]
Support for LRZ Boost installations
Please contact the HPC support team if you have questions or problems concerning the usage of the Boost library.