How To Install boost-signals on CentOS 8

boost-signals is Run-time component of boost signals and slots library Run-time component of boost signals and slots library

Introduction

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

What is boost-signals

Run-time support for managed signals & slots callback implementation. boost-signals 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 39 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost signals and slots library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for managed signals & slots callback implementation.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-signals

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

sudo yum -y install boost-signals

How To Uninstall boost-signals on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-signals

boost-signals Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/be13416e35415012a8e5daca649d9b46ebe5e6
/usr/lib/libboost_signals.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-signals
/usr/share/licenses/boost-signals/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/5850b4b127c464c760f41af79ac2b1bcf08ee3
/usr/lib64/libboost_signals.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-signals
/usr/share/licenses/boost-signals/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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