How To Install boost169-program-options on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is boost169-program-options

Run-time support of boost program options library, which allows program developers to obtain (name, value) pairs from the user, via conventional methods such as command-line and configuration file.

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

Install boost169-program-options 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-program-options using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-program-options

Install boost169-program-options 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-program-options using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-program-options

How To Uninstall boost169-program-options on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-program-options

boost169-program-options Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/4893fa8f5c2d423b30d70e28764e1a75b350a0
/usr/lib64/libboost_program_options.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-program-options
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-program-options/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

• boost169-program-options website

Summary

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