Can't include boost libraries

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Hi, I’m trying to use the Boost libraries within Unreal,
but I always get the error

Cannot open source file "boost/interprocess/allocators/allocator.hpp"

and so on.

This is my build file

using System.IO;
using UnrealBuildTool;

public class varest : ModuleRules
{
private string ModulePath
{
get { return ModuleDirectory; }
}

private string ThirdPartyPath
{
    get { return Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(ModulePath, "../../ThirdParty/")); }
}
public varest(TargetInfo Target)
{
	PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "Core", "CoreUObject", "Engine", "InputCore", "HeadMountedDisplay" });

	PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] {  });

    // Uncomment if you are using Slate UI
    // PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "Slate", "SlateCore" });

    // Uncomment if you are using online features
    // PrivateDependencyModuleNames.Add("OnlineSubsystem");

    // To include OnlineSubsystemSteam, add it to the plugins section in your uproject file with the Enabled attribute set to true
    LoadBoost(Target);
}

public bool LoadBoost(TargetInfo Target)
{
    bool isLibrarySupported = false;

    if ((Target.Platform == UnrealTargetPlatform.Win64) || (Target.Platform == UnrealTargetPlatform.Win32))
    {
        isLibrarySupported = true;

        string PlatformString = (Target.Platform == UnrealTargetPlatform.Win64) ? "x64" : "x86";
    }

    if (isLibrarySupported)
    {
        // Include path
       PublicIncludePaths.Add(Path.Combine(ThirdPartyPath, "Boost", "Includes", "boost"));
    }

    Definitions.Add(string.Format("WITH_BOOST_BINDING={0}", isLibrarySupported ? 1 : 0));

    return isLibrarySupported;
}

}

Can some one help? Thanks!

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I recently made a tutorial on how to include external libraries into unreal (such as boost) on my blog:

A template to be used as a starting point for a custom boost / PCL plugin can be downloaded here: