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re-add lost boost-related rectification of SPKG.rst
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After downloading and untarring the archive, and changing to the directory with the sources,
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``./bootstrap.sh && ./b2 && ./b2 install --prefix=/usr/local`` will
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install Boost in ``/usr/local``; this takes around 5 minutes of wall clock time
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on a moderately fast M1 Apple Mac.
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on a moderately fast M1 Apple Mac. Instead of ``/usr/local`` one may choose another location,
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say ``/opt/foo``,which then might have to be passed (in case the location is not known
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to the toolchain) to Sage via its ``./configure``,
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with ``--with-boost=/opt/foo`` option.
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On Redhat-derived systems not all perl components are installed by
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default and you might have to install the ``perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker``

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