Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-wave on CentOS 8.
What is boost-wave
Run-time support for the Boost.Wave library, a Standards conforming, and highly configurable implementation of the mandated C99/C++ preprocessor functionality. boost-wave 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 189 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost C99/C++ preprocessing library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for the Boost.Wave library, a Standards conforming, and highly configurable implementation of the mandated C99/C++ preprocessor functionality.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost-wave on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-wave.
Install boost-wave 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-wave using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-wave
Install boost-wave 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-wave using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-wave
How To Uninstall boost-wave on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost-wave package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-wave
boost-wave Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/fdf20253626d8911239a836ad120b2e9c710b6
/usr/lib64/libboost_wave.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-wave
/usr/share/licenses/boost-wave/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/bb13e590c5a594cbebc646ffec2bd5de29460e
/usr/lib/libboost_wave.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-wave
/usr/share/licenses/boost-wave/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
- [boost-wave website](http://www.boost.org
http://www.boost.org)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-wave on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
