How To Install boost-program-options on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-program-options on Rocky Linux 8.
What is boost-program-options
Run-time support of boost program options library, which allows program developers to obtain (name, value) pairs from the user, via conventional methods such as command-line and configuration file.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost-program-options on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-program-options.
Install boost-program-options 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-program-options using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-program-options
Install boost-program-options 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-program-options using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-program-options
How To Uninstall boost-program-options on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the boost-program-options package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-program-options
boost-program-options Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/e524aca24a8d63a849c9e4addb5b5f2c2a2c9c
/usr/lib64/libboost_program_options.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-program-options
/usr/share/licenses/boost-program-options/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/2149ca554584d4cad19ac354666201b54834ab
/usr/lib/libboost_program_options.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-program-options
/usr/share/licenses/boost-program-options/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-program-options on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
