How To Install boost-filesystem on CentOS 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost-filesystem

Run-time support for the Boost Filesystem Library, which provides portable facilities to query and manipulate paths, files, and directories. boost-filesystem 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 49 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost filesystem library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for the Boost Filesystem Library, which provides portable facilities to query and manipulate paths, files, and directories.

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

Install boost-filesystem 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-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-filesystem

Install boost-filesystem 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-filesystem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-filesystem

How To Uninstall boost-filesystem on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-filesystem

boost-filesystem Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/8dc387975eb84e5f47f0e59f7ff1e4f96e7222
/usr/lib64/libboost_filesystem.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-filesystem
/usr/share/licenses/boost-filesystem/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/52bb18c304bed238f450fb20ad6b9a930c3405
/usr/lib/libboost_filesystem.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-filesystem
/usr/share/licenses/boost-filesystem/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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