Uninstall boost and install another version

Question

I\'ve installed the boost libraries on Linux Mint 12 using the command sudo apt-get install libboost-dev libboost-doc, which installs the default version availa

Answer 1

You can uninstall with

apt-get --purge remove libboost-dev libboost-doc

Download the package you need from boost website, extract and follow "getting started" instructions found inside index.html in the extracted directory.