How To Install root-gui-recorder on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-gui-recorder on Rocky Linux 8. root-gui-recorder is Interface for recording and replaying events in ROOT

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-gui-recorder on Rocky Linux 8.

What is root-gui-recorder

This library provides interface for recording and replaying events in ROOT. Recorded events are - Commands typed by user in command line (’new TCanvas’) - GUI events (mouse movement, button clicks, …) All the recorded events from one session are stored in one TFile and can be replayed again anytime.

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

Install root-gui-recorder 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-gui-recorder using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-gui-recorder

Install root-gui-recorder 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-gui-recorder using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-gui-recorder

How To Uninstall root-gui-recorder on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the root-gui-recorder package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-gui-recorder

root-gui-recorder Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TRecorder.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/a114dfa89b2be5c0deccf9359bebe3ecb772d1
/usr/lib64/root/libRecorder.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libRecorder.so
/usr/lib64/root/libRecorder.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libRecorder.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libRecorder_rdict.pcm

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Summary

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