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Install ROS Groovy alongside Boost 1.55

asked 2014-06-04 14:31:06 -0500

sanchises
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Hi,

I'm trying to install ROS Groovy (but the error also exists with Hydro), but it won't install unless I uninstall my new version of Boost. However, I also want to use the newer Boost library, since only the latest version supports the algorithm I use. I tried apt-get install, which complained that I held broken packages, and aptitude install, which simply stated that I should remove the new Boost version and let it uninstall the old one.

Any way I can still install ROS with a newer version of Boost?

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answered 2014-06-04 14:35:04 -0500

ahendrix

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The key issue here is that different versions of boost can't be installed side-by-side, and the ROS binaries depend on the older version of Boost. See this question for a more detailed explanation.

You can use ROS, but you'll have to compile it from source.

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