How To Install boost-atomic on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-atomic on Rocky Linux 8. boost-atomic is Run-time component of boost atomic library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-atomic on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `boost-atomic`

Run-time support for Boost.Atomic, a library that provides atomic data types and operations on these data types, as well as memory ordering constraints required for coordinating multiple threads through atomic variables.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost-atomic on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-atomic.

Install boost-atomic on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-atomic

Install boost-atomic on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install boost-atomic

How To Uninstall boost-atomic on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-atomic

boost-atomic Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/ff611a039fbc58c519a35584050d1cf5ccd718
/usr/lib/libboost_atomic.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-atomic
/usr/share/licenses/boost-atomic/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/538ac93ce304de1faddbadae5e13dff2fd648f
/usr/lib64/libboost_atomic.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-atomic
/usr/share/licenses/boost-atomic/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost-atomic website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-atomic on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.