How To Install boost-thread on CentOS 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost-thread

Run-time component Boost.Thread library, which provides classes and functions for managing multiple threads of execution, and for synchronizing data between the threads or providing separate copies of data specific to individual threads. boost-thread 1.66.0 10.el8 x86_64 58 k boost-1.66.0-10.el8.src.rpm appstream Run-time component of boost thread library http Boost and MIT and Python Run-time component Boost.Thread library, which provides classes and functions for managing multiple threads of execution, and for synchronizing data between the threads or providing separate copies of data specific to individual threads.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-thread

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

sudo yum -y install boost-thread

How To Uninstall boost-thread on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-thread

boost-thread Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/22a87e4e64944228433063ae5b2e6a3333e498
/usr/lib/libboost_thread.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-thread
/usr/share/licenses/boost-thread/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/df403a0bb460c8fb5f306881f96afba4b4ef1e
/usr/lib64/libboost_thread.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-thread
/usr/share/licenses/boost-thread/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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