Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-regex on CentOS 8.
What is boost-regex
Run-time support for boost regular expression library. boost-regex 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 280 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost regular expression library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for boost regular expression library.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost-regex on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-regex.
Install boost-regex 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-regex using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-regex
Install boost-regex 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-regex using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-regex
How To Uninstall boost-regex on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost-regex package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-regex
boost-regex Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/27d838dd1479ee53e7f29a6964a2d2ebd09c1a
/usr/lib/libboost_regex.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-regex
/usr/share/licenses/boost-regex/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/ae253d5556a2416334fec0336def99df5a5641
/usr/lib64/libboost_regex.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-regex
/usr/share/licenses/boost-regex/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
- [boost-regex website](http://www.boost.org
http://www.boost.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-regex on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
