Boost.Compute is not yet an offical Boost library and therefore is not packaged with the standard Boost distribution. To download the library use the following command:

Boost.Compute is a header-only library, so no linking is required. To use the library just add the include directory to the compilation flags and link with the system's OpenCL library. For example, with GCC:

g++ -I/path/to/compute/include main.cpp -lOpenCL

All of the Boost.Compute headers can be included with the following directive:

#include <boost/compute.hpp>

If you only want to include the core OpenCL wrapper headers (which have minimal dependencies on the rest of Boost), use the following directive:

#include <boost/compute/core.hpp>

All of the classes and functions in Boost.Compute live in the boost::compute namespace and can be brought into global scope with:

using namespace boost::compute;

Boost.Compute can also be installed system-wide. After compiling, run the following command to install the Boost.Compute headers. By default, they will be installed under /usr/local/include.

make install

After installing, Boost.Compute can be used through cmake by adding the following to your CMakeLists.txt:

find_package(BoostCompute REQUIRED)
include_directories(${BoostCompute_INCLUDE_DIRS})

Ensure you also find and setup the OpenCL libraries for your system.

Bugs and issues can be reported to the issue tracker.

There is also a mailing list for users and developers at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/boost-compute.

Look through the FAQ to see if you're encountering a known or common issue.