How To Install boost-context on CentOS 8

boost-context is Run-time component of boost context switching library Run-time component of boost context switching library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-context on CentOS 8.

What is `boost-context`

Run-time support for Boost.Context, a foundational library that provides a sort of cooperative multitasking on a single thread. boost-context 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 15 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost context switching library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for Boost.Context, a foundational library that provides a sort of cooperative multitasking on a single thread.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost-context on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-context.

Install boost-context on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install boost-context using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-context

Install boost-context on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install boost-context

How To Uninstall boost-context on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the boost-context package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost-context

boost-context Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/9aa867e859b33694f1ed8bd424c379e2ebc939
/usr/lib/libboost_context.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-context
/usr/share/licenses/boost-context/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/3423d4784483e8a7ed06fdf6541ca43a2eb8c1
/usr/lib64/libboost_context.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-context
/usr/share/licenses/boost-context/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

[boost-context website](http://www.boost.org http://www.boost.org)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-context on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.