How To Install boost-jam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-jam.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. boost-jam.x86_64 is A low-level build tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-jam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `boost-jam.x86_64`

Boost.Jam (BJam) is the low-level build engine tool for Boost.Build. Historically, Boost.Jam is based on on FTJam and on Perforce Jam but has grown a number of significant features and is now developed independently

We can use yum to install boost-jam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-jam.x86_64.

Install boost-jam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install boost-jam.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-jam.x86_64

How To Uninstall boost-jam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the boost-jam.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove boost-jam.x86_64

boost-jam.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/bjam
/usr/share/doc/boost-jam-1.53.0
/usr/share/doc/boost-jam-1.53.0/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/bjam.1.gz

References

boost-jam.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-jam.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.