Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-test on CentOS 8.
What is boost-test
Run-time support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring. boost-test 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 251 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost test library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost-test on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-test.
Install boost-test 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-test using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-test
Install boost-test 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-test using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-test
How To Uninstall boost-test on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost-test package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-test
boost-test Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/8e34446a5bfe62d28d5ccbf0d433f5865267e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/3c3a5e953651c75056cfed40b9f6bdaffc272b
/usr/lib64/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.66.0
/usr/lib64/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/a59249f1efeab43083114933a3ef0ad2025b6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/8e4cf53ac21c88dc4a0f75a01e177a84fbafa2
/usr/lib/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.66.0
/usr/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
- [boost-test website](http://www.boost.org
http://www.boost.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-test on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
