localhost# dlocate /usr/include/boost/multi_index/detail/archive_constructed.hpp libboost-dev: /usr/include/boost/multi_index/detail/archive_constructed.hpp
localhost# grep -r serialization.hpp /usr/include/boost/multi_index/detail/archive_constructed.hpp #include <boost/serialization/serialization.hpp> localhost# dlocate /usr/include/boost/serialization/serialization.hpp libboost-serialization-dev: /usr/include/boost/serialization/serialization.hpp You have an include in one of files included in libboost-dev that will fail if serialization is not installed. Hence, I think libboost-dev should depend on libboost-serialization-dev. -- Suggests libboost-serialization-dev instead of Recommends https://launchpad.net/bugs/57196 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs