How To Install boost-python3-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-python3-devel on Rocky Linux 8. boost-python3-devel is Shared object symbolic links for Boost.Python 3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-python3-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is boost-python3-devel

Shared object symbolic links for Python 3 variant of Boost.Python.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost-python3-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-python3-devel.

Install boost-python3-devel 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-python3-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost-python3-devel

Install boost-python3-devel 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-python3-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost-python3-devel

How To Uninstall boost-python3-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the boost-python3-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost-python3-devel

boost-python3-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/libboost_numpy3.so
/usr/lib/libboost_python3.so
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3-devel
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3-devel/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib64/libboost_numpy3.so
/usr/lib64/libboost_python3.so
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3-devel
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3-devel/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-python3-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.