Bash script to install gcc-4.8.3 and boost-1.55 on CentOS 5.x, CentOS 6.x and Mac OS X.
To use it:
$ mkdir -p work/gcc
$ cd work/gcc
$ git clone https://github.com/jlinoff/gcc-4.8.3-boost-1.55.git 4.8.3
$ cd 4.8.3
$ make
For more detailed information see http://joelinoff.com/blog/?p=1514.