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

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-static.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. boost-static.x86_64 is The Boost C++ static development libraries

Introduction

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

What is boost-static.x86_64

Static Boost C++ libraries.

We can use yum to install boost-static.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-static.x86_64.

Install boost-static.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-static.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-static.x86_64

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

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

sudo yum remove boost-static.x86_64

boost-static.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libboost_atomic-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_chrono-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_chrono.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_context-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_context.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_date_time-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_date_time.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_exception-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_exception.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_filesystem-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_filesystem.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_graph-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_graph.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_iostreams-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_iostreams.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_locale-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_c99-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_c99.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_c99f-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_c99f.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_c99l-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_c99l.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_tr1-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_tr1.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_tr1f-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_tr1f.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_tr1l-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_tr1l.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_prg_exec_monitor-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_program_options-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_program_options.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_python-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_python.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_random-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_random.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_regex-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_regex.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_serialization-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_serialization.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_signals-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_signals.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_system-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_system.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_test_exec_monitor-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_test_exec_monitor.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_thread-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_timer-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_timer.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_unit_test_framework-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_unit_test_framework.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_wave-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_wave.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_wserialization-mt.a
/usr/lib64/libboost_wserialization.a
/usr/share/doc/boost-static-1.53.0
/usr/share/doc/boost-static-1.53.0/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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