1. make a home for boost sudo mkdir -p /code/include sudo chown -R YOUR_USER_NAME /code cd /code/include 2. download boost sudo apt-get install subversion svn co http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk boost cd boost 3. compile boost sudo ./bootstrap.sh sudo ./b2 note: this will take a while, go get some coffee. 4. Include in qt project Add the following to your .pro file. INCLUDEPATH += /code/include/ LIBS += -L/code/include/boost/bin.v2/libs/ -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -lboost_asio In t...