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Install Boost and get started in your terminal.

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Install Boost and get started in your terminal. 

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vcpkg install boost
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sudo apt install libboost-all-dev
sudo dnf install boost-devel
sudo yum install boost-devel
sudo pacman -S boost
brew install boost
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