How To Install boost-locale on CentOS 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost-locale

Run-time support for Boost.Locale, a set of localization and Unicode handling tools. boost-locale 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 265 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost locale library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for Boost.Locale, a set of localization and Unicode handling tools.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-locale

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

sudo yum -y install boost-locale

How To Uninstall boost-locale on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-locale

boost-locale Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/02b2fb9286b28d1349ae8c10002b4e7c89e346
/usr/lib64/libboost_locale.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-locale
/usr/share/licenses/boost-locale/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/e48832b49adc9ba09e1cc072b315211a147e7b
/usr/lib/libboost_locale.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-locale
/usr/share/licenses/boost-locale/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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