can't install boost 1.59 using brew

I just came across this issue myself. I resolved it by:

brew edit boost@1.59

The Formula *.rb will open in your code editor. At that point, remove the line:

disable! because: :versioned_formula

Save it.

Run:

brew install boost@1.59

Optional:

brew link boost@1.60

Well, the boost@1.59 has been disabled.see

If we still need it, we can build our own brew repo.

I have create a repo which checked boost@1.59.rb out from offical repo and enable it.

Then open the terminal, include your repo brew tap [user]/[repo] [url] and install it.

e.g.

brew tap jokersun/my https://github.com/JokerSun/homebrew-my.git

brew update

brew search boost@1.59
> jokersun/my/boost@1.59 ✔

brew install jokersun/my/boost@1.59

It will compile and intall into your pc for many minutes (It takes about 10m on my mac).