Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-jam on CentOS 8.
What is boost169-jam
Boost.Jam (BJam) is the low-level build engine tool for Boost.Build. Historically, Boost.Jam is based on on FTJam and on Perforce Jam but has grown a number of significant features and is now developed independently.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-jam on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-jam.
Install boost169-jam 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-jam using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost169-jam
Install boost169-jam 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-jam using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost169-jam
How To Uninstall boost169-jam on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost169-jam package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost169-jam
boost169-jam Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/bjam169
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/73246ff17ce0f68fa113471982eba5c3220474
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-jam
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-jam/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/bjam169.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-jam on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
