How To Install boost-test on CentOS 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost-test

Run-time support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring. boost-test 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 251 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost test library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-test

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

sudo yum -y install boost-test

How To Uninstall boost-test on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-test

boost-test Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/8e34446a5bfe62d28d5ccbf0d433f5865267e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/3c3a5e953651c75056cfed40b9f6bdaffc272b
/usr/lib64/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.66.0
/usr/lib64/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/a59249f1efeab43083114933a3ef0ad2025b6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/8e4cf53ac21c88dc4a0f75a01e177a84fbafa2
/usr/lib/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.66.0
/usr/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test
/usr/share/licenses/boost-test/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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