How To Install boost-jam on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-jam on CentOS 7.
What is boost-jam
Boost.Jam (BJam) is the low-level build engine tool for Boost.Build. Historically, Boost.Jam is based on on FTJam and on Perforce Jam but has grown a number of significant features and is now developed independently
We can use yum or dnf to install boost-jam on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-jam.
Install boost-jam 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-jam using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-jam
Install boost-jam 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-jam using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-jam
How To Uninstall boost-jam on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the boost-jam package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-jam
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-jam on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
