boost已经更新到1.40版了，记得1.37版安装的时候可以直接使用cmake来编译安装，现在boost安装又简化了，看下官方的安装步骤吧：

Issue the following commands in the shell (don't type $ ; that represents the shell's prompt):

$






 cd path/to/






boost_1_40_0





















$






 ./bootstrap.sh --help

Select your configuration options and invoke ./bootstrap.sh again without the --help option. Unless you have write permission in your system's /usr/local/ directory, you'll probably want to at least use

$






 ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=






path






/to






/installation






/prefix

to install somewhere else. Also, consider using the --show-libraries and --with- library_name options to limit the long wait you'll experience if you build everything. Finally,

$






 ./bjam install

will leave Boost binaries in the lib/ subdirectory of your installation prefix. You will also find a copy of the Boost headers in the include/ subdirectory of the installation prefix, so you can henceforth use that directory as an #include path in place of the Boost root directory.

默认的安装路径是/usr/local/，我什么都不修改，就两步搞定（我的是ubuntu9.10）。

进入已解压的boost目录下，运行：

        ./bootstrap.sh

        sudo ./bjam install

然后等着安装，就ok了。