How To Install boost169-python3 on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-python3 on Rocky Linux 8.
What is boost169-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 boost169-python3 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install boost169-python3.
Install boost169-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 boost169-python3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install boost169-python3
Install boost169-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 boost169-python3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install boost169-python3
How To Uninstall boost169-python3 on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the boost169-python3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove boost169-python3
boost169-python3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/f3da86c2762df6c9b21a1e0f100409bc09c5c4
/usr/lib64/libboost_python36.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-python3
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-python3/LICENSE_1_0.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-python3 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.