How To Install boost169-contract on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-contract on Rocky Linux 8. boost169-contract is Run-time component of boost contract library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-contract on Rocky Linux 8.

What is boost169-contract

Run-time support for boost contract library. Contract programming for C++. All contract programming features are supported Subcontracting, class invariants, postconditions (with old and return values), preconditions, customizable actions on assertion failure (e.g., terminate or throw), optional compilation and checking of assertions, etc, from Lorenzo Caminiti.

We can use yum or dnf to install boost169-contract on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-contract.

Install boost169-contract 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 boost169-contract using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install boost169-contract

Install boost169-contract 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 boost169-contract using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install boost169-contract

How To Uninstall boost169-contract on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-contract

boost169-contract Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/5801cbdf933bfda1955dc5369e7318623d7bba
/usr/lib64/libboost_contract.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-contract
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-contract/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-contract on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.