How To Install root-graf-gviz on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-graf-gviz on Rocky Linux 8. root-graf-gviz is Graphviz 2D library for ROOT

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-graf-gviz on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `root-graf-gviz`

This package contains the 2-dimensional graphviz library for ROOT.

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

Install root-graf-gviz 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 root-graf-gviz using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-graf-gviz

Install root-graf-gviz 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 root-graf-gviz using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-graf-gviz

How To Uninstall root-graf-gviz on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the root-graf-gviz package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-graf-gviz

root-graf-gviz Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TGraphEdge.h
/usr/include/root/TGraphNode.h
/usr/include/root/TGraphStruct.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/78b0101bc1084c15f88507498b1f53dfb3e4ee
/usr/lib64/root/libGviz.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libGviz.so
/usr/lib64/root/libGviz.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libGviz.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libGviz_rdict.pcm

References

root-graf-gviz website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-graf-gviz on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.