How To Install boost-test on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost-test

Run-time support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-test

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

sudo yum -y install boost-test

How To Uninstall boost-test on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-test

boost-test Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/8e34446a5bfe62d28d5ccbf0d433f5865267e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/3c3a5e953651c75056cfed40b9f6bdaffc272b
/usr/lib64/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.66.0
/usr/lib64/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/bb7fb31d38939c8362d940b6eb379030b1836e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/e2a94c3e7f971050bd35c7448618ec404f759e
/usr/lib/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.66.0
/usr/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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