How To Install boost169-atomic on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-atomic on CentOS 7. boost169-atomic is Run-time component of boost atomic library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-atomic on CentOS 7.

What is boost169-atomic

Run-time support for Boost.Atomic, a library that provides atomic data types and operations on these data types, as well as memory ordering constraints required for coordinating multiple threads through atomic variables.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-atomic on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-atomic.

Install boost169-atomic on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install boost169-atomic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-atomic

Install boost169-atomic on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install boost169-atomic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-atomic

How To Uninstall boost169-atomic on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the boost169-atomic package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove boost169-atomic

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-atomic on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.