How To Install boost169-atomic on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-atomic on Rocky Linux 8. boost169-atomic is Run-time component of boost atomic library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-atomic on Rocky Linux 8.

What is boost169-atomic

Run-time support for Boost.Atomic, a library that provides atomic data types and operations on these data types, as well as memory ordering constraints required for coordinating multiple threads through atomic variables.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-atomic on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-atomic.

Install boost169-atomic 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 boost169-atomic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-atomic

Install boost169-atomic 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 boost169-atomic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-atomic

How To Uninstall boost169-atomic on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the boost169-atomic package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost169-atomic

boost169-atomic Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/a8e5af125900f589ffd4f20b216943896242f8
/usr/lib64/libboost_atomic.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-atomic
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-atomic/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-atomic on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.