How to determine the Boost version on a system

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

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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

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Boost installed on OS X using homebrew has desired version hpp file in  usr local Cellar boost  lt version gt  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

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Include  include  lt boost version hpp gt  std  cout  lt  lt   quot Using Boost  quot                  lt  lt  BOOST VERSION   100000      lt  lt   quot   quot      major version            lt  lt  BOOST VERSION   100   1000  lt  lt   quot   quot      minor version            lt  lt  BOOST VERSION   100                   patch level            lt  lt  std  endl   Possible output  Using Boost 1 75 0 Tested with Boost 1 51 0 to 1 63  1 71 0 and 1 75 0

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I stugeled to find out the boost version number in bash   Ended up doing following  which stores the version code in a variable  supressing the errors  This uses the example from maxschlepzig in the comments of the accepted answer   Can not comment  don t have 50 Rep   I know this has been answered long time ago  But I couldn t find how to do it in bash anywhere  So I thought this might help someone with the same problem  Also this should work no matter where boost is installed  as long as the comiler can find it  And it will give you the version number that is acutally used by the comiler  when you have multiple versions installed      VERS   echo -e   include  lt boost version hpp gt  nBOOST VERSION    gcc -s -x c   -E -   grep              amp  gt   dev null

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Depending on how you have installed boost and what OS you are running you could also try the following   dpkg -s libboost-dev   grep  Version

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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

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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

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Boost Informational Macros  You need  BOOST VERSION

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include  lt boost version hpp gt   include  lt iostream gt   include  lt iomanip gt   int main         std  cout  lt  lt   Boost version                lt  lt  BOOST VERSION   100000            lt  lt                 lt  lt  BOOST VERSION   100   1000            lt  lt                 lt  lt  BOOST VERSION   100             lt  lt  std  endl      return 0      Update  the answer has been fixed

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If one installed boost on macOS via Homebrew  one is likely to see the installed boost version s  with   ls  usr local Cellar boost

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Vertexwahns answer  but written in bash  For the people who are lazy  boost version   cat  usr include boost version hpp   grep define   grep  quot BOOST VERSION  quot    cut -d    -f3  echo  quot installed boost version    echo  quot  boost version   100000 quot    bc    echo  quot  boost version   100   1000 quot    bc    echo  quot  boost version   100  quot    bc  quot   Gives me installed boost version  1 71 0

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Might be already answered  but you can try this simple program to determine if and what installation of boost you have      include lt boost version hpp gt   include lt iostream gt  using namespace std  int main     cout lt  lt BOOST VERSION lt  lt endl  return 0

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cat  usr local include boost version hpp    grep BOOST LIB VERSION

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