How To Install boost-signals on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost-signals

Run-time support for managed signals & slots callback implementation.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost-signals

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

sudo yum -y install boost-signals

How To Uninstall boost-signals on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost-signals

boost-signals Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/aef11f3577bca5e2a644a3c91724afd9b68ffe
/usr/lib/libboost_signals.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-signals
/usr/share/licenses/boost-signals/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/5850b4b127c464c760f41af79ac2b1bcf08ee3
/usr/lib64/libboost_signals.so.1.66.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost-signals
/usr/share/licenses/boost-signals/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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