Okay! Looks like one of those purges finally did the trick (even though I would swear I tried all of them before posting). Thanks for your help!

Also, that compatibility list is very useful.

Edit: Do you use [Solved] tags here?

Thats what I thought the problem was, but I cant seem to get the correct version installed. Easy enough to remove the wrong libboost: # apt-get purge libboost-python1.55 ... Note, selecting 'libboost-python1.55.0' for regex 'libboost-python1.55' Note, selecting 'libboost-python1.55-dev' for regex 'l...

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