diff --git a/src/utils/rinex-tools/CMakeLists.txt b/src/utils/rinex-tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d9c0adce..7cae35ccd 100644
--- a/src/utils/rinex-tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/utils/rinex-tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if("${ARMADILLO_VERSION_STRING}" VERSION_GREATER "9.800" OR (NOT ARMADILLO_FOUND
                 -Wno-deprecated -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-reorder
         )
     endif()
-    
+
     if(NOT ARMADILLO_FOUND OR ENABLE_OWN_ARMADILLO)
         add_dependencies(obsdiff armadillo-${armadillo_RELEASE})
     endif()
@@ -75,5 +75,6 @@ if("${ARMADILLO_VERSION_STRING}" VERSION_GREATER "9.800" OR (NOT ARMADILLO_FOUND
     )
 else()
     message(STATUS "The Armadillo library version found (${ARMADILLO_VERSION_STRING}) is older than 9.800.")
-    message(STATUS "The obsdiff utility tool will not be built.")
+    message(STATUS " The obsdiff utility tool will not be built.")
+    message(STATUS " You could build it by setting -DENABLE_OWN_ARMADILLO=ON")
 endif()
diff --git a/src/utils/rinex2assist/CMakeLists.txt b/src/utils/rinex2assist/CMakeLists.txt
index 90976c023..1ef214f3c 100644
--- a/src/utils/rinex2assist/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/utils/rinex2assist/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,17 @@ if(Boost_FOUND)
     )
 else()
     message(STATUS "Boost Iostreams library not found.")
-    message(STATUS "The rinex2assist utility tool will not be built.")
+    message(STATUS " The rinex2assist utility tool will not be built.")
+    if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux|kFreeBSD|GNU")
+        message(STATUS " You can install the Boost Iostreams library it by doing:")
+        if(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Red Hat")
+            message(STATUS " sudo yum install boost-iostreams")
+        elseif(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "openSUSE")
+            message(STATUS " sudo zypper install libboost_iostreams-devel")
+        else()
+            message(STATUS " sudo apt-get install libboost-iostreams-dev")
+        endif()
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 set(Boost_FOUND TRUE) # trick for summary report