To install the latest boost library (1.54.0) download it from http://www.boost.org/ and unpack it. Also I installed the packages the packages zlib, zlib-devel, icu and libiconv to cygwin cd /usr/src wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.54.0/boost_1_54_0.tar.bz2 tar jxf boost_1_54_0.tar.bz2 cd boost_1_54_0 ./booststrap.sh ./b2 –without-mpi install Troubleshooting When running ./b2 install there is an error ./b2.exe install Performing configuration checks […]