How To Install boost169-wave on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install boost169-wave on Rocky Linux 8. boost169-wave is Run-time component of boost C99/C++ preprocessing library

Introduction

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

What is boost169-wave

Run-time support for the Boost.Wave library, a Standards conforming, and highly configurable implementation of the mandated C99/C++ preprocessor functionality.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install boost169-wave

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

sudo yum -y install boost169-wave

How To Uninstall boost169-wave on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove boost169-wave

boost169-wave Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/d2a8ef4df6d9119d6157b91a655fbb826b8064
/usr/lib64/libboost_wave.so.1.69.0
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-wave
/usr/share/licenses/boost169-wave/LICENSE_1_0.txt

References

Summary

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