Use ExternalProject_Add to download and install boost.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
 endif(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
 find_package(Git REQUIRED)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
-if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT IOS)
-    find_package(Boost QUIET)
-endif()
 
 include(simd)
 
@@ -140,6 +137,7 @@ include(external/openblas)  # download, build, install openblas
 include(external/mkldnn)    # download, build, install mkldnn
 include(external/swig)      # download, build, install swig
 include(external/warpctc)   # download, build, install warpctc
+include(external/boost)     # download, build, install boost
 include(external/any)       # download libn::any
 include(external/eigen)     # download eigen3
 include(external/pybind11)  # download pybind11
@@ -164,7 +162,6 @@ include_directories("${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}")
 include_directories("${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/cuda/include")
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/proto")
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/go/pserver/client/c")
-include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 set(EXTERNAL_LIBS
     ${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES}

Dockerfile

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     curl sed grep graphviz libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev  \
     python-matplotlib gcc-4.8 g++-4.8 \
     automake locales clang-format swig doxygen cmake  \
-    liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev libboost-dev \
+    liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev \
     clang-3.8 llvm-3.8 libclang-3.8-dev \
     net-tools libtool && \
     apt-get clean -y

cmake/external/boost.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserve.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+set(BOOST_PROJECT       "extern_boost")
+set(BOOST_VER           "1.66.0")
+set(BOOST_TAR           "boost_1_66_0")
+set(BOOST_URL           "https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/${BOOST_VER}/source/${BOOST_TAR}.tar.gz")
+set(BOOST_SOURCES_DIR ${THIRD_PARTY_PATH}/boost)
+set(BOOST_DOWNLOAD_DIR  "${BOOST_SOURCES_DIR}/src/${BOOST_PROJECT}")
+set(BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR "${BOOST_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${BOOST_TAR}" CACHE PATH "boost include directory." FORCE)
+
+include_directories(${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+ExternalProject_Add(
+    ${BOOST_PROJECT}
+    ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
+    DOWNLOAD_DIR          ${BOOST_DOWNLOAD_DIR}
+    DOWNLOAD_COMMAND      wget --no-check-certificate ${BOOST_URL} -c -q -O ${BOOST_TAR}.tar.gz
+                          && tar zxf ${BOOST_TAR}.tar.gz
+    DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS  1
+    PREFIX                ${BOOST_SOURCES_DIR}
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND     ""
+    BUILD_COMMAND         ""
+    INSTALL_COMMAND       ""
+    UPDATE_COMMAND        ""
+)
+
+if (${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.3.0")
+    set(dummyfile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/boost_dummy.c)
+    file(WRITE ${dummyfile} "const char *dummy = \"${dummyfile}\";")
+    add_library(boost STATIC ${dummyfile})
+else()
+    add_library(boost INTERFACE)
+endif()
+
+add_dependencies(boost ${BOOST_PROJECT})
+list(APPEND external_project_dependencies boost)
+set(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR ${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR})

paddle/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ else()
     add_subdirectory(capi)
   endif()
 
-  if(Boost_FOUND)
+  if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT IOS)
     add_subdirectory(memory)
     add_subdirectory(platform)
     add_subdirectory(framework)

paddle/framework/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # ddim lib
 proto_library(framework_proto SRCS framework.proto)
 
-cc_library(ddim SRCS ddim.cc DEPS eigen3)
+cc_library(ddim SRCS ddim.cc DEPS eigen3 boost)
 cc_test(ddim_test SRCS ddim_test.cc DEPS ddim)
 nv_test(dim_test SRCS dim_test.cu DEPS ddim)
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cc_test(data_layout_transform_test SRCS data_layout_transform_test.cc DEPS data_
 cc_library(data_transform SRCS data_transform.cc DEPS math_function tensor
         framework_proto selected_rows data_device_transform data_type_transform data_layout_transform)
 
-cc_library(attribute SRCS attribute.cc DEPS framework_proto)
+cc_library(attribute SRCS attribute.cc DEPS framework_proto boost)
 cc_test(program_desc_test SRCS program_desc_test.cc DEPS proto_desc
 device_context)
 cc_library(op_proto_maker SRCS op_proto_maker.cc DEPS framework_proto attribute)

paddle/platform/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cc_test(cpu_info_test SRCS cpu_info_test.cc DEPS cpu_info)
 
 nv_library(gpu_info SRCS gpu_info.cc DEPS gflags glog enforce)
 
-cc_library(place SRCS place.cc DEPS enforce)
+cc_library(place SRCS place.cc DEPS enforce boost)
 cc_test(place_test SRCS place_test.cc DEPS place glog gflags)
 
 add_subdirectory(dynload)

tools/manylinux1/Dockerfile.x64

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ RUN cd /opt && wget -q --no-check-certificate https://github.com/google/protobuf
     cd protobuf-3.1.0 && ./configure && make -j4 && make install && cd .. && rm -f protobuf-cpp-3.1.0.tar.gz
 
 
-RUN yum install -y sqlite-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel boost boost-devel pcre-devel vim tk-devel tkinter libtool
+RUN yum install -y sqlite-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel pcre-devel vim tk-devel tkinter libtool
 
 RUN wget -O /root/requirements.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/develop/python/requirements.txt