How To Install root-net-auth on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-net-auth on Rocky Linux 8. root-net-auth is Authentication extension for ROOT

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-net-auth on Rocky Linux 8.

What is root-net-auth

This package contains the basic authentication algorithms used by ROOT.

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

Install root-net-auth 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-net-auth using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-net-auth

Install root-net-auth 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-net-auth using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-net-auth

How To Uninstall root-net-auth on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the root-net-auth package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-net-auth

root-net-auth Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/AuthConst.h
/usr/include/root/TAuthenticate.h
/usr/include/root/THostAuth.h
/usr/include/root/TRootAuth.h
/usr/include/root/TRootSecContext.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/93d18e00dce5620c84979ceb38d03522f6309c
/usr/lib64/root/libRootAuth.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libRootAuth.so
/usr/lib64/root/libRootAuth.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libRootAuth.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libRootAuth_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/doc/root/README.AUTH
/usr/share/root/plugins/TVirtualAuth/P010_TRootAuth.C

References

Summary

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