Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-thread on CentOS 8.
What is boost169-thread
Run-time component Boost.Thread library, which provides classes and functions for managing multiple threads of execution, and for synchronizing data between the threads or providing separate copies of data specific to individual threads.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-thread on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-thread.
Install boost169-thread 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-thread using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost169-thread
Install boost169-thread 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-thread using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost169-thread
How To Uninstall boost169-thread on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost169-thread package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost169-thread
boost169-thread Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/17657bb523b51ac07e5b72f88834d842d9ce00
/usr/lib64/libboost_thread.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-thread
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-thread/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-thread on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
