Download from: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-3.8.2.tar.gz

tar -xzvf octave-3.8.2.tar.gz
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java/
./configure --exec-prefix=/opt/octave/3.8.2 --exec-prefix=/opt/octave/3.8.2  --datadir=/opt/octave/3.8.2/share
make -j64 # if you want to compile on 64 cores...

Create module file /etc/modulefiles/octave/3.8.2:

#%Module1.0####################################################################
##
## octave modulefile
##
##
##
prepend-path PATH /opt/octave/3.8.2/bin
prepend-path LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/octave/3.8.2/lib
prepend-path MANPATH /opt/octave/3.8.2/share/man

Get file: http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.49.0/boost_1_49_0.tar.gz/download

tar -xzvf
module load openmpi-x86_64
./bootstrap.sh -prefix=/opt/boost/1.49.0
./b2 -j20 # if you want to compile on 20 cores :-)
mkdir -p /opt/boost/1.49.0
cp -r stage/ /opt/boost/1.49.0/

Create module file /etc/modulefiles/boost/1.49.0

#%Module1.0####################################################################
##
## boost modulefile
##
##
##

prepend-path LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/boost/1.49.0/stage/lib