Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.

We emphasize libraries that work well with the C++ Standard Library. Boost libraries are intended to be widely useful, and usable across a broad spectrum of applications.

Boost is a collection of various free, peer-reviewed C++ libraries that are in widespread use by scientific and non-scientific programs. On Claix, we offer pre-built installations of Boost that serve as a base for software in our module system and can be readily used to compile your own software.

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Boost is available through the module system:

module load Boost

Available Boost versions can be listed with module spider Boost. We offer different Boost versions for different compiler versions so you may need to load a newer compiler to load a newer Boost release. Specifying a version will list the required compiler: module spider Boost/1.88.0

The Boost module configures your environment such that common build systems will find the installation. If you need to manually pass the paths to your build system, you can find the installation directory in $EBROOTBOOST.