How to Install and Uninstall libboost-atomic-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "libboost-atomic-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libboost-atomic-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libboost-atomic-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libboost-atomic-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libboost-atomic-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the libboost-atomic-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libboost-atomic-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 10
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Boost Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: boost-defaults
Version: 1.58.0.1ubuntu1
Depends: libboost-atomic1.58-dev
Filename: pool/universe/b/boost-defaults/libboost-atomic-dev_1.58.0.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 3104
MD5sum: f0a88ed075e55c7ae4fe335e17ab7447
SHA1: cbe6f9bc7c9d30a5bb12e243357240791be1ea58
SHA256: 8f136b91efb9c8a43e8c352b425d19d5695a48a6ee0dff14894ac70b48e991a1
Description-en: atomic data types, operations, and memory ordering constraints (default version)
This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection.
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Boost.Atomic is a library that provides atomic data types and
operations on these data types, as well as memory ordering
constraints required for coordinating multiple threads through atomic
variables. It implements the interface as defined by the C++11
standard, but makes this feature available for platforms lacking
system/compiler support for this particular C++11 feature.
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Users of this library should already be familiar with concurrency in
general, as well as elementary concepts such as "mutual exclusion".
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The implementation makes use of processor-specific instructions where
possible (via inline assembler, platform libraries or compiler
intrinsics), and falls back to "emulating" atomic operations through
locking.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default
Boost version (currently 1.58).
Description-md5: 2f82d3b24b169bbeda9fbe57aee7d047
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.boost.org/libs/atomic/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu