How To Install boost-chrono on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-chrono on Rocky Linux 8. boost-chrono is Run-time component of boost chrono library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-chrono on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `boost-chrono`

Run-time support for Boost.Chrono, a set of useful time utilities.

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

Install boost-chrono on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install boost-chrono using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-chrono

Install boost-chrono on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install boost-chrono using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-chrono

How To Uninstall boost-chrono on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-chrono

boost-chrono Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/909419c846f5cb9adedc70a1d96431a1ddf6ed
/usr/lib64/libboost_chrono.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-chrono
/usr/share/licenses/boost-chrono/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/119da32107560f9ebd421e5557ce1a63e57c84
/usr/lib/libboost_chrono.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-chrono
/usr/share/licenses/boost-chrono/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost-chrono website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-chrono on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.