How To Install boost169-python2 on CentOS 8

boost169-python2 is Run-time component of boost python library for Python 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-python2 on CentOS 8.

What is boost169-python2

The Boost Python Library is a framework for interfacing Python and C++. It allows you to quickly and seamlessly expose C++ classes, functions and objects to Python, and vice versa, using no special tools – just your C++ compiler. This package contains run-time support for the Boost Python Library compiled for Python 2.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-python2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-python2.

Install boost169-python2 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-python2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-python2

Install boost169-python2 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-python2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-python2

How To Uninstall boost169-python2 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the boost169-python2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost169-python2

boost169-python2 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/1b6696e96934eea9ba289ba6d4ac535c536597
/usr/lib64/libboost_python27.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-python2
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-python2/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-python2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.