Dear All, I actually have a problem installing OpenEXR on a Centos 7. My problem is around ilmbase package and pyilmbas *and boost* as boost is required. And I have issue installing boost that I download from here https://gist.github.com/1duo/2d1d851f76f8297be264b52c1f31a2ab Before i decrive my problem let me explain where I looking around boost. When I compil ilambase, I got this error message: /$ ./compile --prefix=/opt/ilmbase2-2-0/ Both display this message/ / /checking for boost::python... no *** Could not run the boost::python test program, checking why... *** The test program could not be compiled.  Is boost::python installed? *** Check that the cflags (below) includes the boost::python include directory *** *** Flags used by the test: ***     cflags: -g -O2  -I/usr/include/python2.7 -g -O2 -I/usr/include/python2.7 ***     ldflags:  -L/opt/ilmbase-2-2-0/lib    -L/usr/lib64 -L/opt/ilmbase-2-2-0/lib    -L/usr/lib64 *** *** You can also run configure with --disable-boostpythontest to skip this test. configure: error: Could not compile boost::python test program. /Someone suggested me to install boost as a share. I downloaded the boost 1.65.1 an untar it into /root/install-package/ Then I tried the following command: cd  /root/install-package/boost_1_65_1 sudo ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/opt/boost_1.65.1 sudo ./b2 address-model=64 variant=release threading=multi link=shared Note that my first attend was with that command cd /root/install-package/boost_1_65_1 sudo ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/opt/boost_1.65.1 sudo ./b2 And boost was install in /opt/boost_1.65.1 But since I use the command sudo ./b2 address-model=64 variant=release threading=multi link=shared No folder was created in /opt/boost_1.65.1 and at the of the process, this was displayed The following directory should be added to compiler include paths:     /root/install-package/boost_1_65_1 The following directory should be added to linker library paths:     /root/install-package/boost_1_65_1/stage/lib Then it's look like it boost has been installed in the same folder, where it has been extracted *The my question, what did I do wrong and how can I install boost in /opt/boost_1.65.1 and make it share for ilmbase and OpenEXR? * Feel you free to ask addintionnal question if I missed to provide you Many thank for your help Cheers Pierre* *