How To Install boost169-date-time on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost169-date-time

Run-time support for Boost Date Time, a set of date-time libraries based on generic programming concepts.

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

Install boost169-date-time 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-date-time using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-date-time

Install boost169-date-time 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-date-time using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-date-time

How To Uninstall boost169-date-time on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-date-time

boost169-date-time Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/2ab618e27c36ba816ae3e6064fe2cfd9e565dc
/usr/lib64/libboost_date_time.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-date-time
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-date-time/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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