Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-numpy2 on CentOS 8.
What is boost169-numpy2
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 NumPy extension of the Boost Python Library for Python 2.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-numpy2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-numpy2.
Install boost169-numpy2 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 boost169-numpy2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost169-numpy2
Install boost169-numpy2 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 boost169-numpy2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost169-numpy2
How To Uninstall boost169-numpy2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost169-numpy2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost169-numpy2
boost169-numpy2 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/88dc05cd46bf0dee35b930e722a63da6d673b9
/usr/lib64/libboost_numpy27.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-numpy2
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-numpy2/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-numpy2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
