How To Install boost-date-time on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `boost-date-time`

Run-time support for Boost Date Time, a set of date-time libraries based on generic programming concepts.

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

Install boost-date-time 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-date-time using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-date-time

Install boost-date-time 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-date-time using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-date-time

How To Uninstall boost-date-time on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-date-time

boost-date-time Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/ec9f83d4de4ceff6c68718511fe2a168500c82
/usr/lib64/libboost_date_time.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-date-time
/usr/share/licenses/boost-date-time/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/e29ff1a870df54a96d340edac68f4763f74f7d
/usr/lib/libboost_date_time.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-date-time
/usr/share/licenses/boost-date-time/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost-date-time website

Summary

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