How To Install boost on Fedora 34

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost on Fedora 34.

What is `boost`

Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library, in the hopes of establishing “existing practice” for extensions and providing reference implementations so that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. (Some of the libraries have already been included in the C++ 2011 standard and others have been proposed to the C++ Standards Committee for inclusion in future standards.) boost 1.75.0 4.fc34 x86_64 13 k boost-1.75.0-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora The free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries http Boost and MIT and Python Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library, in the hopes of establishing “existing practice” for extensions and providing reference implementations so that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. (Some of the libraries have already been included in the C++ 2011 standard and others have been proposed to the C++ Standards Committee for inclusion in future standards.)

We can use yum or dnf to install boost on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost.

Install boost on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install boost using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost

Install boost on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install boost using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost

How To Uninstall boost on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the boost package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost

boost Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/share/licenses/boost
/usr/share/licenses/boost/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

[boost website](http://www.boost.org http://www.boost.org)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.