How To Install boost-date-time on CentOS 8

boost-date-time is Run-time component of boost date-time library Run-time component of boost date-time library

Introduction

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

What is boost-date-time

Run-time support for Boost Date Time, a set of date-time libraries based on generic programming concepts. boost-date-time 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 29 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost date-time library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for Boost Date Time, a set of date-time libraries based on generic programming concepts.

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

Install boost-date-time 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-date-time using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-date-time

Install boost-date-time 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-date-time using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-date-time

How To Uninstall boost-date-time on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-date-time

boost-date-time Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/3cb22033aa1cb11a85046be0c953d14d6842d3
/usr/lib/libboost_date_time.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-date-time
/usr/share/licenses/boost-date-time/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/ec9f83d4de4ceff6c68718511fe2a168500c82
/usr/lib64/libboost_date_time.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-date-time
/usr/share/licenses/boost-date-time/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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