How To Install boost-python3 on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-python3 on Rocky Linux 8.
What is boost-python3
The Boost Python Library is a framework for interfacing Python and C++. It allows you to quickly and seamlessly expose C++ classes, functions and objects to Python, and vice versa, using no special tools – just your C++ compiler. This package contains run-time support for the Boost Python Library compiled for Python 3.
We can use yum or dnf to install boost-python3 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost-python3.
Install boost-python3 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 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost-python3
Install boost-python3 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 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost-python3
How To Uninstall boost-python3 on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the boost-python3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost-python3
boost-python3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/dac8dfa17d9642e28ce5822960e429161d3df7
/usr/lib64/libboost_python3.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/c479d870064b46f58da6396ecf2e8b70dd606e
/usr/lib/libboost_python3.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3
/usr/share/licenses/boost-python3/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost-python3 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.