mkdir build
cd build
cmake -D BOOST_ROOT=/home/thomas/Downloads/boost_1_56_0 ../
make
radical can be built successfully in ubuntu.
mlpack has the following dependencies:

  Armadillo     >= 3.6.0
  LibXml2       >= 2.6.0
  Boost (program_options, math_c99, unit_test_framework, random, heap) >= 1.49
  CMake         >= 2.8.5

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