Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-atomic on CentOS 8.
What is boost-atomic
Run-time support for Boost.Atomic, a library that provides atomic data types and operations on these data types, as well as memory ordering constraints required for coordinating multiple threads through atomic variables. boost-atomic 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 14 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost atomic library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for Boost.Atomic, a library that provides atomic data types and operations on these data types, as well as memory ordering constraints required for coordinating multiple threads through atomic variables.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost-atomic on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-atomic.
Install boost-atomic on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install boost-atomic using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-atomic
Install boost-atomic on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install boost-atomic using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-atomic
How To Uninstall boost-atomic on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost-atomic package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-atomic
boost-atomic Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/b5c3dd23157c81dcf1e8ac2a3cd6175a84604e
/usr/lib/libboost_atomic.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-atomic
/usr/share/licenses/boost-atomic/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/538ac93ce304de1faddbadae5e13dff2fd648f
/usr/lib64/libboost_atomic.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-atomic
/usr/share/licenses/boost-atomic/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
- [boost-atomic website](http://www.boost.org
http://www.boost.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-atomic on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
