UHD Ubuntu 12.04 ZyBo ARMv7 32bit getting libboost-all-dev - installation

Basic info:
I need to install UHD on my ZyBo board (by Digilent and Xilinx), but cannot. I have Xillinux Ubuntu 12.04 installed on it. It has an ARMv7 architecture of 32bits.(Go to bottom for question).
The UHD software can be installed by following the instructions here:
Installation option 1:
http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/uhd/wiki/UHD_Linux
An alternative installation process is:
Install Git and download source code:
sudo apt-get install git
git clone git://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd.git
Install all needed dependencies (see build guide):
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev python-cheetah doxygen python-docutils
Build-essential is a well packaged C++ library which is another needed
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Install and run cmake:
sudo apt-get install cmake
Next, to run the cmake program:
cd uhd/host
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../
Ensure that all tests that are related to the main, necessary dependencies are successful.
Install and setup library path:
make
make test
sudo make install
cd uhd/host/build/lib
cp libuhd.so /etc/ld.so.conf.d
sudo ldconfig
sudo reboot
(I have also tried other website instructions and work-arounds).
PROBLEM / QUESTION:
However, the issue is that this software was made for i386 and amd64 machines. The ZyBo has an ARMv7 architecture. I used one installation guide which required the dependency of package: libboost-all-dev which is not available for my architecture. Therefore I was only to install half the requirements for UHD.
Does anyone know how to build the installation so that it can run on ARMv7 architecture or how to download the package libboost-all-dev onto an ARMv7 processor?
Thanks for the help

libboost-all-dev is available for arm, but accessing it requires Linux knowledge:
1.Search “Update Manager”
2.Click “Settings” on bottom left
3.Click on “Ubuntu Software” tab on upper left.
4.check/select the box “Community-maintained free and open-source Software (Universe)”
5.click “close” on bottom right

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