How To Install boost-type_erasure on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost-type_erasure

The Boost.TypeErasure library provides runtime polymorphism in C++ that is more flexible than that provided by the core language.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-type_erasure

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

sudo yum -y install boost-type_erasure

How To Uninstall boost-type_erasure on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-type_erasure

boost-type_erasure Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/48960375bc285fc018eacdf040669046d8c371
/usr/lib/libboost_type_erasure.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-type_erasure
/usr/share/licenses/boost-type_erasure/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/111cf0cc649129b72e250b4da27cb389da0829
/usr/lib64/libboost_type_erasure.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-type_erasure
/usr/share/licenses/boost-type_erasure/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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