How To Install boost169-random on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is boost169-random

Run-time support for boost random library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost169-random

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

sudo yum -y install boost169-random

How To Uninstall boost169-random on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-random

boost169-random Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/2eaa263015a870b4775ded644897ba56978cc5
/usr/lib64/libboost_random.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-random
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-random/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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