How To Install boost-jam on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-jam on Rocky Linux 8. boost-jam is A low-level build tool

Introduction

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

What is boost-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 boost-jam on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-jam.

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-jam

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

sudo yum -y install boost-jam

How To Uninstall boost-jam on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-jam

boost-jam Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/bjam
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/095b4507e75df19805e3772acc34fee095bb53
/usr/share/licenses/boost-jam
/usr/share/licenses/boost-jam/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/bjam.1.gz

References

Summary

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