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          you are on a UNIX like platform, then you may want to try and improve things by 
          running the boost configure script. From a shell command prompt you will need 
          to cd into &lt;boost-root&gt;/libs/config/ and type:</p>
-      <pre>./configure</pre>
+      <pre>sh ./configure</pre>
       <p>you will see a list of the items being checked as the script works it way 
          through the regression tests. Note that the configure script only really 
          auto-detects your compiler if it's called g++, c++ or CC. If you are using some