How To Install boost-python3 on CentOS 8

boost-python3 is Run-time component of boost python library for Python 3 Run-time component of boost python library for Python 3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-python3 on CentOS 8.

What is boost-python3

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 3. boost-python3 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 94 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm powertools Run-time component of boost python library for Python 3 http Boost and MIT and Python 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 3.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost-python3 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-python3.

Install boost-python3 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-python3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-python3

Install boost-python3 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-python3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-python3

How To Uninstall boost-python3 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the boost-python3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost-python3

boost-python3 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/dac8dfa17d9642e28ce5822960e429161d3df7
/usr/lib64/libboost_python3.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/b04c4f90e31851d90b910321d1ced5fa6547cb
/usr/lib/libboost_python3.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-python3 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.