How To Install boost169-timer on CentOS 8

boost169-timer is Run-time component of boost timer library

Introduction

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

What is boost169-timer

“How long does my C++ code take to run?” The Boost Timer library answers that question and does so portably, with as little as one #include and one additional line of code.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost169-timer

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

sudo yum -y install boost169-timer

How To Uninstall boost169-timer on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-timer

boost169-timer Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/cab40aa8a1af6126ccb7f3d152c0964bcbc84a
/usr/lib64/libboost_timer.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-timer
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-timer/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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