How To Install boost-regex on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `boost-regex`

Run-time support for boost regular expression library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-regex

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

sudo yum -y install boost-regex

How To Uninstall boost-regex on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-regex

boost-regex Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/ae253d5556a2416334fec0336def99df5a5641
/usr/lib64/libboost_regex.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-regex
/usr/share/licenses/boost-regex/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/215cd11f72b6ca30b198bcdbe3f2a92eb1d276
/usr/lib/libboost_regex.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-regex
/usr/share/licenses/boost-regex/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

boost-regex website

Summary

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