How To Install boost-iostreams on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-iostreams on CentOS 7. boost-iostreams is Run-Time component of boost iostreams library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-iostreams on CentOS 7.

What is boost-iostreams

Run-Time support for Boost.IOStreams, a framework for defining streams, stream buffers and i/o filters. Run-Time support for Boost.IOStreams, a framework for defining streams, stream buffers and i/o filters.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost-iostreams on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-iostreams.

Install boost-iostreams on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install boost-iostreams

Install boost-iostreams on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-iostreams

How To Uninstall boost-iostreams on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove boost-iostreams

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-iostreams on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.