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I have a remote server configured on archlinux and I need to install the dev version of the boost libs in order to compile my program, more specifically <boost/asio.hpp>.

I tried sudo pacman -S boost-libs and it installed something but not the devel files, I also tried sudo pacman -S boost-libs-dev and it didn't work.

Thanks

jhoepken
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coyotte508
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    Please note that Arch doesn't follow Debian's naming convention. "-dev" packages in arch (or AUR), are generally "development BRANCH"; bleeding edge versions, not development files. Development files are (generally) included in the normal packages. – WhyNotHugo Jun 25 '12 at 22:40
  • This sounds like a separate question. In any case; what are you trying to build? What command are you running? A single line of output isn't really enough. – WhyNotHugo Jun 25 '12 at 22:57
  • You're right. If what I installed should be enough to build, then this is a separate questoin and I will ask it in another thread. – coyotte508 Jun 25 '12 at 22:59

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$ pacman -Ss boost
extra/boost 1.49.0-2 [installed]
    Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries - Development
extra/boost-libs 1.49.0-2 [installed]
    Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries - Runtime

You need "boost".

WhyNotHugo
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