How To Install boost169-test on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost169-test

Run-time support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost169-test

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

sudo yum -y install boost169-test

How To Uninstall boost169-test on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-test

boost169-test Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/0f0ce20fdd0d40e3045ad258a0580577e952a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/1e11f9f4332acb351e5e96a0057463d31a078d
/usr/lib64/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-test
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-test/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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