How To Install boost-log on CentOS 8

boost-log is Run-time component of boost logging library Run-time component of boost logging library

Introduction

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

What is boost-log

Boost.Log library aims to make logging significantly easier for the application developer. It provides a wide range of out-of-the-box tools along with public interfaces for extending the library. boost-log 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 448 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost logging library http Boost and MIT and Python Boost.Log library aims to make logging significantly easier for the application developer. It provides a wide range of out-of-the-box tools along with public interfaces for extending the library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-log

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

sudo yum -y install boost-log

How To Uninstall boost-log on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-log

boost-log Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/2df83c36d824d9d3e6a9c27443c7b81b8aa848
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/a13ec6e08c2ea0ee7494f1900a05b23007276e
/usr/lib/libboost_log.so.1.66.0
/usr/lib/libboost_log_setup.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-log
/usr/share/licenses/boost-log/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/fe089a86004d66288307e8dff2c72e444beb33
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/b21816a687249cbd282387575b32cca4e15dde
/usr/lib64/libboost_log.so.1.66.0
/usr/lib64/libboost_log_setup.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-log
/usr/share/licenses/boost-log/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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