How To Install boost169-math on CentOS 8

boost169-math is Math functions for boost TR1 library

Introduction

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

What is boost169-math

Run-time support for C99 and C++ TR1 C-style Functions from the math portion of Boost.TR1.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost169-math

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

sudo yum -y install boost169-math

How To Uninstall boost169-math on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-math

boost169-math Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/ece3984f9397a7757d1cd603d62e98c601f1d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/c978d842fb118a18668df6fa800364b8742fba
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/5728088f0ccf1ae438ccb4a73749eee1280dc7
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/e1c3e846cc86faae1b3e3ea47978e1de39e6e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/5bd8c2d7d626c741850ef8c3050e91463db94d
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/946e412a0b06f18770b84e0582c182c5c125aa
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_c99.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_c99f.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_c99l.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_tr1.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_tr1f.so.1.69.0
/usr/lib64/libboost_math_tr1l.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-math
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-math/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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