How To Install xrdcl-http on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrdcl-http on Rocky Linux 8. xrdcl-http is HTTP client plugin for XRootD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrdcl-http on Rocky Linux 8.

What is xrdcl-http

xrdcl-http is an XRootD client plugin which allows XRootD to interact with HTTP repositories.

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

Install xrdcl-http 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 xrdcl-http using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xrdcl-http

Install xrdcl-http 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 xrdcl-http using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xrdcl-http

How To Uninstall xrdcl-http on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the xrdcl-http package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xrdcl-http

xrdcl-http Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xrootd/client.plugins.d/xrdcl-http-plugin.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/ff757bade53e2ae4c98e083334fcf68cb7c6ab
/usr/lib64/libXrdClHttp-5.so
/usr/share/doc/xrdcl-http
/usr/share/doc/xrdcl-http/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xrdcl-http
/usr/share/licenses/xrdcl-http/LICENSE

References

Summary

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