use ppa for more recent boost

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/flags.sh b/scripts/flags.sh
index 58aee18a04..c3c36a6404 100755
--- a/scripts/flags.sh
+++ b/scripts/flags.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then
 
     # use g++ that supports c++11
     if [[ ${CXX} == "g++" ]]; then
-        export CXX="g++-4.8" ;
+        export CXX="g++-4.8"
+        export CXX="gcc-4.8"
     fi
 
     # If building in debug then turn on sanitizers.
diff --git a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
index a77aa703e3..31315dce38 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_before_install.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == "linux" ]]; then
     if [[ `lsb_release -r` =~ "12.04" ]]; then
         sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
     fi
+    sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:boost-latest/ppa
     sudo apt-get update -y
     sudo apt-get -y install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8
     sudo apt-get -y install git build-essential zlib1g-dev automake \
                             libtool xutils-dev make cmake pkg-config python-pip \
-                            libboost-dev libboost-regex-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+                            libboost1.55-dev libboost-regex1.55-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
                             libpng-dev libsqlite3-dev
     sudo apt-get -y install libxi-dev libglu1-mesa-dev x11proto-randr-dev \
                             x11proto-xext-dev libxrandr-dev \