How To Install python3-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8. python3-xrootd is Python 3 bindings for xrootd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python3-xrootd`

This package contains Python 3 bindings for xrootd.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-xrootd.

Install python3-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 python3-xrootd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-xrootd

Install python3-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 python3-xrootd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-xrootd

How To Uninstall python3-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-xrootd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-xrootd

python3-xrootd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/822be4ad23b84ca9562d2b4fcc08e6e8d65bf9
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/_version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/_version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/copyprocess.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/copyprocess.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/env.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/env.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/file.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/file.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/filesystem.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/filesystem.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/finalize.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/finalize.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/flags.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/flags.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/glob_funcs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/glob_funcs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/responses.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/responses.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/url.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/url.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/_version.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/copyprocess.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/env.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/file.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/filesystem.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/finalize.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/flags.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/glob_funcs.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/responses.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/url.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/XRootD/client/utils.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyxrootd
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyxrootd/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyxrootd/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyxrootd/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyxrootd/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pyxrootd/client.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/xrootd-v5.3.0-py3.6.egg-info

References

python3-xrootd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xrootd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.