How to determine the Boost version on a system?

Question

Is there a quick way to determine the version of the Boost C++ libraries on a system?

Answer 1

Tested with boost 1.51.0:

std::cout << "Using Boost "     
          << BOOST_VERSION / 100000     << "."  // major version
          << BOOST_VERSION / 100 % 1000 << "."  // minor version
          << BOOST_VERSION % 100                // patch level
          << std::endl;

Output: Using Boost 1.51.0

Tested with boost versions 1.51.0 to 1.65.0

Answer 2

If you only need to know for your own information, just look in /usr/include/boost/version.hpp (Ubuntu 13.10) and read the information directly

Answer 3

As to me, you can first(find version.hpp the version variable is in it, if you know where it is(in ubuntu it usually in /usr/include/boost/version.hpp by default install)):

 locate `boost/version.hpp`

Second show it's version by:

 grep BOOST_LIB_VERSION /usr/include/boost/version.hpp

or

  grep BOOST_VERSION /usr/include/boost/version.hpp.

As to me, I have two version boost installed in my system. Output as below:

xy@xy:~$ locate boost/version.hpp |grep boost

/home/xy/boost_install/boost_1_61_0/boost/version.hpp
/home/xy/boost_install/lib/include/boost/version.hpp
/usr/include/boost/version.hpp

xy@xy:~$ grep BOOST_VERSION /usr/include/boost/version.hpp
#ifndef BOOST_VERSION_HPP
#define BOOST_VERSION_HPP
//  BOOST_VERSION % 100 is the patch level
//  BOOST_VERSION / 100 % 1000 is the minor version
//  BOOST_VERSION / 100000 is the major version
#define BOOST_VERSION 105800
//  BOOST_LIB_VERSION must be defined to be the same as BOOST_VERSION

# or this way more readable
xy@xy:~$ grep BOOST_LIB_VERSION /usr/include/boost/version.hpp
//  BOOST_LIB_VERSION must be defined to be the same as BOOST_VERSION
#define BOOST_LIB_VERSION "1_58"

Show local installed version:

xy@xy:~$ grep BOOST_LIB_VERSION /home/xy/boost_install/lib/include/boost/version.hpp
//  BOOST_LIB_VERSION must be defined to be the same as BOOST_VERSION
#define BOOST_LIB_VERSION "1_61"

Answer 4

Might be already answered, but you can try this simple program to determine if and what installation of boost you have :

#include<boost/version.hpp>
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
cout<<BOOST_VERSION<<endl;
return 0;
}

Answer 5

Boost installed on OS X using homebrew has desired version.hpp file in /usr/local/Cellar/boost/<version>/include/boost/version.hpp (note, that the version is already mentioned in path).

I guess the fastest way to determine version on any UNIX-like system will be to search for boost in /usr:

find /usr -name "boost"

Answer 6

Another way to get current boost version (Linux Ubuntu):

~$ dpkg -s libboost-dev | grep Version
Version: 1.58.0.1ubuntu1

Ref: https://www.osetc.com/en/how-to-install-boost-on-ubuntu-16-04-18-04-linux.html