How to install libboost 1.48?
Solution 1:
In the end I did not use the PPA since the author clearified its purpose.
please note that the Boost packages in my PPA are not based on the official 1.48 release of boost.
We are developing a new CMake-based build system for the Boost C++ Libraries that can create component-based installers.
My PPA currently is used for testing whether the package generation using our new build system is working. Whether the generated packages are working is currently not tested. If you are looking for a stable Boost release, you should not use this PPA.
I suggest you compile boost yourself. It is actually quite easy. You don't need to call install and you don't need admin rights. Just download the boost sources, exctract them and in a terminal window call:
$ ./bootstrap.sh $
./b2Then set the BOOST_ROOT environment variable to the path where you extracted boost. You now should be able to build Gource.
Nevertheless, there are some details that I needed to take care of regarding Gource. I will post them in a short while since I need to look them up again.