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Improving wording related to Boost library requirements [updated]

Fixed formatting as requested on https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7589

Description:
Documentation was unclear in this section and could be interpreted to mean that boost was not a hard requirement for older Ubuntu versions.
Related: #7587
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Jonathan Cross 9 years ago
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@ -67,15 +67,17 @@ Build requirements:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils
On at least Ubuntu 14.04+ and Debian 7+ there are generic names for the Options when installing required Boost library files:
1. On at least Ubuntu 14.04+ and Debian 7+ there are generic names for the
individual boost development packages, so the following can be used to only individual boost development packages, so the following can be used to only
install necessary parts of boost: install necessary parts of boost:
sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev
If that doesn't work, you can install all boost development packages with: 2. If that doesn't work, you can install all boost development packages with:
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet. db4.8 packages are available [here](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin). BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet. db4.8 packages are available [here](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/bitcoin).
You can add the repository and install using the following commands: You can add the repository and install using the following commands:

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