How To Install dmlite-dpm-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-dpm-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8. dmlite-dpm-xrootd is XROOT interface to the Disk Pool Manager (DPM)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-dpm-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `dmlite-dpm-xrootd`

This package contains plugins for XROOTD to allow it to provide access to DPM managed storage via the XROOT protocol.

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

Install dmlite-dpm-xrootd 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 dmlite-dpm-xrootd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dmlite-dpm-xrootd

Install dmlite-dpm-xrootd 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 dmlite-dpm-xrootd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dmlite-dpm-xrootd

How To Uninstall dmlite-dpm-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the dmlite-dpm-xrootd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dmlite-dpm-xrootd

dmlite-dpm-xrootd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xrootd/xrootd-dpmdisk.cfg
/etc/xrootd/xrootd-dpmfedredir_atlas.cfg
/etc/xrootd/xrootd-dpmredir.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/99f77d6207ac555e8fa6420bc3c71600754db3
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/cc50cb27eb4a53bad8e13622b121b0a2023d3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/19369416fcbec024267cb0fac51572d2fb64e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/b7d4bfd21412d164e41e0f5d71a3eb3d8fe52d
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/e7a998db27c063c13dc047e6cd9ec778703c5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/d81227e24c4ca811b28b8b889145c5c13f7d0a
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMCks-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMCks.so-5.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMDiskAcc-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMDiskAcc.so-5.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMFinder-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMFinder.so-5.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMOss-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMOss.so-5.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMRedirAcc-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMRedirAcc.so-5.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMStatInfo-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMStatInfo.so-5.3

References

dmlite-dpm-xrootd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-dpm-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.