How to Install and Uninstall boost.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: February 06,2025

1. Install "boost.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install boost.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                boost.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "boost.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall boost.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                boost.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the boost.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : boost
Arch : x86_64
Version : 1.53.0
Release : 27.amzn2.0.5
Size : 34 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : The free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries
URL : http://www.boost.org
License : Boost and MIT and Python
Description : Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.
: The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard
: Library, in the hopes of establishing "existing practice" for
: extensions and providing reference implementations so that the
: Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. (Some
: of the libraries have already been included in the C++ 2011
: standard and others have been proposed to the C++ Standards
: Committee for inclusion in future standards.)