# Is there a way to download and include just a header from Boost?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cmake.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-download-and-include-just-a-header-from-boost/11054>\
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**Created:** [June 19, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-download-and-include-just-a-header-from-boost/11054 "2024-06-19T10:11:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![ClausKlein](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/clausklein/32/352_2.png) [@ClausKlein](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ClausKlein)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-download-and-include-just-a-header-from-boost/11054/2 "2024-06-19T12:04:41Z")

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- see discussions here [right now it's not possible to add boost properly using CPM · Issue #501 · cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake · GitHub](https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake/issues/501)
- and [FetchContent with Boost](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/fetchcontent-with-boost/6596)

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