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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#get number of CPUS
+NUMCPUS=$1;
+
+#version of boost
+version=`echo *.tar.gz | sed 's/\.tar\.gz//g' | sed 's/boost_//g'`
+echo $version
+
+#Some cleanup
+rm -rf install boost_$version src
+
+#Create install directories
+mkdir install src
+
+#Untar 
+tar -zxvf  boost_$version.tar.gz
+
+#Move boost into install directory
+mv boost_$version/* src
+rm -rf boost_$version
+
+#Apply patches
+cd src 
+
+#Configure
+./bootstrap.sh --prefix=$ISSM_TIER/externalpackages/boost/install
+
+#Compile boost
+./bjam -j$NUMCPUS install