From 8c5a5fb85068135c33a8e0513280917e13bb039e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Cross Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:36:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improving wording related to Boost library requirements [updated] Fixed formatting as requested on https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7589 Description: Documentation was unclear in this section and could be interpreted to mean that boost was not a hard requirement for older Ubuntu versions. Related: #7587 --- doc/build-unix.md | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 1d8395162b..5d8644efe4 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -67,15 +67,17 @@ Build requirements: sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils -On at least Ubuntu 14.04+ and Debian 7+ there are generic names for the +Options when installing required Boost library files: + +1. On at least Ubuntu 14.04+ and Debian 7+ there are generic names for the individual boost development packages, so the following can be used to only install necessary parts of boost: - sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev + sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev -If that doesn't work, you can install all boost development packages with: +2. If that doesn't work, you can install all boost development packages with: - sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev + sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet. db4.8 packages are available [here](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin). You can add the repository and install using the following commands: