How To Install boost-locale on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `boost-locale`

Run-time support for Boost.Locale, a set of localization and Unicode handling tools.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-locale

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

sudo yum -y install boost-locale

How To Uninstall boost-locale on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-locale

boost-locale Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/45125471718bf9f3dc3d813154e4cb8636a9bf
/usr/lib/libboost_locale.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-locale
/usr/share/licenses/boost-locale/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/02b2fb9286b28d1349ae8c10002b4e7c89e346
/usr/lib64/libboost_locale.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-locale
/usr/share/licenses/boost-locale/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost-locale website

Summary

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