How To Install boost-nowide on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-nowide on Rocky Linux 8. boost-nowide is Boost.Nowide makes cross platform Unicode aware programming easier.

Introduction

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

What is boost-nowide

Boost.Nowide is a library implemented by Artyom Beilis that makes cross platform Unicode aware programming easier. The library provides an implementation of standard C and C++ library functions, such that their inputs are UTF-8 aware on Windows without requiring to use Wide API.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-nowide

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

sudo yum -y install boost-nowide

How To Uninstall boost-nowide on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-nowide

boost-nowide Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/boost-nowide
/usr/share/licenses/boost-nowide/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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