How To Install boost169-program-options on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-program-options on CentOS 8.
What is boost169-program-options
Run-time support of boost program options library, which allows program developers to obtain (name, value) pairs from the user, via conventional methods such as command-line and configuration file.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-program-options on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-program-options.
Install boost169-program-options 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-program-options using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost169-program-options
Install boost169-program-options 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-program-options using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost169-program-options
How To Uninstall boost169-program-options on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the boost169-program-options package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost169-program-options
boost169-program-options Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/4893fa8f5c2d423b30d70e28764e1a75b350a0
/usr/lib64/libboost_program_options.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-program-options
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-program-options/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-program-options on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.