How To Install boost-context on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `boost-context`

Run-time support for Boost.Context, a foundational library that provides a sort of cooperative multitasking on a single thread.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-context

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

sudo yum -y install boost-context

How To Uninstall boost-context on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-context

boost-context Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/55fd8b46974655bcec040c39ee772f616fc13f
/usr/lib/libboost_context.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-context
/usr/share/licenses/boost-context/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/3423d4784483e8a7ed06fdf6541ca43a2eb8c1
/usr/lib64/libboost_context.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-context
/usr/share/licenses/boost-context/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost-context website

Summary

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