How To Install boost169-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost169-filesystem

Run-time support for the Boost Filesystem Library, which provides portable facilities to query and manipulate paths, files, and directories.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost169-filesystem

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

sudo yum -y install boost169-filesystem

How To Uninstall boost169-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-filesystem

boost169-filesystem Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/58e1a7174753f6676f6c3ab2f034d2889e602a
/usr/lib64/libboost_filesystem.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-filesystem
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-filesystem/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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