After installing boost and trying to compile a project I found I was missing some files. The end of the installation shows: ...failed updating 24 targets... ...skipped 48 targets... ...updated 625 targets... Errors below. I'm running Debian woody, using gcc 2.95.4. Some of the errors: cp: cannot stat `bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_test_exec_monitor.so/gcc/debug/shared-linkable-true/threading-multi/libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d-1_31.so.1.31.0': No such file or directory gcc-C++-action bin/boost/libs/test/build/libboost_unit_test_framework.a/gcc/release/threading-multi/test_tools.o /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/libs/test/build/../src/test_tools.cpp: In method `void boost::test_toolbox::detail::print_log_value<char>::operator ()(ostream &, char)': /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/libs/test/build/../src/test_tools.cpp:194: parse error before `(' /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/libs/test/build/../src/test_tools.cpp:205: confused by earlier errors, bailing out ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-1_31.a for lack of <@boost!libs!test!build/libboost_unit_test_framework.a/gcc/release/threading-multi>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-1_31.a... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-d.so for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-d-1_31.so.1.31.0... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d.so for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d-1_31.so.1.31.0... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc.so for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-1_31.so.1.31.0... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt.so for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-1_31.so.1.31.0... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-d.so for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-d-1_31.so.1.31.0... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-d.so for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-d-1_31.so.1.31.0... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc.so for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-1_31.so.1.31.0... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt.so for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-1_31.so.1.31.0... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-d.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-d-1_31.a... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-d-1_31.a... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-1_31.a... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_test_exec_monitor-gcc-mt-1_31.a... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-d.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-d-1_31.a... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-d.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-d-1_31.a... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-1_31.a... ...skipped <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt.a for lack of <@boost!lib>libboost_unit_test_framework-gcc-mt-1_31.a... -- dave thorn