Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-filesystem on CentOS 8.
What is boost-filesystem
Run-time support for the Boost Filesystem Library, which provides portable facilities to query and manipulate paths, files, and directories. boost-filesystem 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 49 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost filesystem library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for the Boost Filesystem Library, which provides portable facilities to query and manipulate paths, files, and directories.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost-filesystem on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-filesystem.
Install boost-filesystem 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-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-filesystem
Install boost-filesystem 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-filesystem using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-filesystem
How To Uninstall boost-filesystem on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost-filesystem package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-filesystem
boost-filesystem Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/8dc387975eb84e5f47f0e59f7ff1e4f96e7222
/usr/lib64/libboost_filesystem.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-filesystem
/usr/share/licenses/boost-filesystem/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/52bb18c304bed238f450fb20ad6b9a930c3405
/usr/lib/libboost_filesystem.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-filesystem
/usr/share/licenses/boost-filesystem/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
- [boost-filesystem website](http://www.boost.org
http://www.boost.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-filesystem on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
