How To Install boost169-fiber on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost169-fiber

Run-time support for the Boost Fiber library, a framework for micro-/userland-threads (fibers) scheduled cooperatively.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost169-fiber

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

sudo yum -y install boost169-fiber

How To Uninstall boost169-fiber on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-fiber

boost169-fiber Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/15bfdaad5d925b93a939f416dd11553259101f
/usr/lib64/libboost_fiber.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-fiber
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-fiber/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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