problem: the libboost version that HardyROS wants is 1.37 : . ldd /opt/ros/boxturtle/ros/core/rosout/rosout linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff381fe000) librosstack.so => /opt/ros/boxturtle/ros/tools/rospack/lib/librosstack.so (0x00007ff52fcbb000) librospack.so => /opt/ros/boxturtle/ros/tools/rospack/lib/librospack.so (0x00007ff52fa88000) libroslib.so => /opt/ros/boxturtle/ros/core/roslib/lib/libroslib.so (0x00007ff52f878000) liblog4cxx.so.10 => not found libboost_thread-gcc42-mt-1_37.so.1.37.0 => not found librosconsole.so => /opt/ros/boxturtle/ros/core/rosconsole/lib/librosconsole.so (0x00007ff52f66a000) libXmlRpc.so => /opt/ros/boxturtle/ros/3rdparty/xmlrpcpp/lib/libXmlRpc.so (0x00007ff52f44b000) libboost_signals-gcc42-mt-1_37.so.1.37.0 => not found libros.so => /opt/ros/boxturtle/ros/core/roscpp/lib/libros.so (0x00007ff52f0be000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007ff52edb3000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007ff52eb32000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007ff52e924000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007ff52e708000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007ff52e3a6000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007ff52fece000) libboost_thread-gcc42-mt-1_37.so.1.37.0 => not found liblog4cxx.so.10 => not found libboost_thread-gcc42-mt-1_37.so.1.37.0 => not found liblog4cxx.so.10 => not found libboost_thread-gcc42-mt-1_37.so.1.37.0 => not found libboost_signals-gcc42-mt-1_37.so.1.37.0 => not found libboost_filesystem-gcc42-mt-1_37.so.1.37.0 => not found libboost_system-gcc42-mt-1_37.so.1.37.0 => not found ... but the version that's standard in Hardy is 1.34 : . locate /usr/lib/libboost | grep gcc42 /usr/lib/libboost_python-gcc42-1_34_1.so.1.34.1 /usr/lib/libboost_python-gcc42-mt-1_34_1.so.1.34.1 /usr/lib/libboost_regex-gcc42-1_34_1.so.1.34.1 /usr/lib/libboost_regex-gcc42-mt-1_34_1.so.1.34.1 /usr/lib/libboost_signals-gcc42-1_34_1.so.1.34.1 /usr/lib/libboost_signals-gcc42-mt-1_34_1.so.1.34.1 /usr/lib/libboost_thread-gcc42-mt-1_34_1.so.1.34.1 (or see http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=libboost-dev&searchon=all&suite=all§ion=all ) similarly ROS wants liblog4cxx 10 and the standard version is 9.