How To Install boost-fiber on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `boost-fiber`

Run-time support for the Boost Fiber library, a framework for micro-/userland-threads (fibers) scheduled cooperatively.

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

Install boost-fiber 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-fiber using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-fiber

Install boost-fiber 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-fiber using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-fiber

How To Uninstall boost-fiber on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-fiber

boost-fiber Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/8dac1c9d732feab4f73eb4c97c92f181e6744a
/usr/lib64/libboost_fiber.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-fiber
/usr/share/licenses/boost-fiber/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/93dd75488503cf8eeda8e215e1e00a80d38808
/usr/lib/libboost_fiber.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-fiber
/usr/share/licenses/boost-fiber/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost-fiber website

Summary

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