(NOTE: EMAN2 does not currently support Boost versions above 1.32.)
Installing Boost requires the user to identify a particular toolset to use during compliation. Most UNIX systems will probably use the "gcc" toolset; visit http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started.html#Toolshttp://www.boost.org/more/getting_started.html#Tools for a complete listing.
% bjam "-sTOOLS=gcc" install
Header files from the Boost installation (located in the "boost" subdirectory of the Boost installation (ex. /boost_1_32_0/boost)) must now either be added to the compilers path or copied into an existing location on the path in a subdirectory /boost.
One possibility for this might be: % cp -r boost /usr/include/boost