How To Install boost169-jam on CentOS 8

boost169-jam is A low-level build tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-jam on CentOS 8.

What is boost169-jam

Boost.Jam (BJam) is the low-level build engine tool for Boost.Build. Historically, Boost.Jam is based on on FTJam and on Perforce Jam but has grown a number of significant features and is now developed independently.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-jam on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-jam.

Install boost169-jam 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 boost169-jam using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-jam

Install boost169-jam 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 boost169-jam using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-jam

How To Uninstall boost169-jam on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the boost169-jam package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost169-jam

boost169-jam Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/bjam169
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/73246ff17ce0f68fa113471982eba5c3220474
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-jam
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-jam/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/bjam169.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-jam on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.