Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-python3 on CentOS 8.
What is boost-python3
The Boost Python Library is a framework for interfacing Python and C++. It allows you to quickly and seamlessly expose C++ classes, functions and objects to Python, and vice versa, using no special tools – just your C++ compiler. This package contains run-time support for the Boost Python Library compiled for Python 3. boost-python3 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 94 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm powertools Run-time component of boost python library for Python 3 http Boost and MIT and Python The Boost Python Library is a framework for interfacing Python and C++. It allows you to quickly and seamlessly expose C++ classes, functions and objects to Python, and vice versa, using no special tools – just your C++ compiler. This package contains run-time support for the Boost Python Library compiled for Python 3.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost-python3 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-python3.
Install boost-python3 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-python3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-python3
Install boost-python3 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-python3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-python3
How To Uninstall boost-python3 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost-python3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-python3
boost-python3 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/dac8dfa17d9642e28ce5822960e429161d3df7
/usr/lib64/libboost_python3.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/b04c4f90e31851d90b910321d1ced5fa6547cb
/usr/lib/libboost_python3.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
- [boost-python3 website](http://www.boost.org
http://www.boost.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-python3 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
