Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-python2 on CentOS 8.
What is boost169-python2
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 2.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-python2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-python2.
Install boost169-python2 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-python2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost169-python2
Install boost169-python2 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-python2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost169-python2
How To Uninstall boost169-python2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost169-python2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost169-python2
boost169-python2 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/1b6696e96934eea9ba289ba6d4ac535c536597
/usr/lib64/libboost_python27.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-python2
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-python2/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-python2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
