Bug 360055

Summary:	Error while trying to install libboost1.55-dev dependency package.
Product:	[Developer tools] kdesrc-build	Reporter:	chaitanya srinivas ponnapalli <cponnapalli>
Component:	documentation	Assignee:	Michael Pyne <mpyne>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://community.kde.org/Frameworks/Building
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description chaitanya srinivas ponnapalli 2016-03-04 06:29:54 UTC

OS: Ubuntu 15.10(x64)
while trying to install Package 'libboost1.55-dev' in Ubuntu, it gives unexpected result. An error message 'Package 'libboost1.55-dev' has no installation candidate' is displayed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. After executing the command 'sudo apt-get build-dep qtbase5-dev'
2. While trying to install the dependency package 'sudo apt-get install libboost1.55-dev'
3. An error message is displayed 'Package 'libboost1.55-dev' has no installation candidate'

Actual Results:  
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package libboost1.55-dev is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'libboost1.55-dev' has no installation candidate

Expected Results:  
The package 'libboost1.55-dev'  is successfully installed

I am running Ubuntu 15.10 on Virtual box on a x64 machine.

Comment 1 Michael Pyne 2016-03-23 02:43:43 UTC

This is not a kdesrc-build bug, and applies against the https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source/Install_the_dependencies page in particular.

With that said, I've tried to clarify the Wiki page to mention that Boost 1.55 or later is required. Recent versions of Ubuntu no longer package 1.55, but they do package later (and compatible) versions of Boost by default, available by installing "libboost-dev". E.g. see http://packages.ubuntu.com/wily/libboost-dev