How To Install xrootd-client-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd-client-libs on Rocky Linux 8. xrootd-client-libs is Libraries used by xrootd clients

Introduction

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

What is xrootd-client-libs

This package contains libraries used by xrootd clients.

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

Install xrootd-client-libs 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 xrootd-client-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xrootd-client-libs

Install xrootd-client-libs 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 xrootd-client-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xrootd-client-libs

How To Uninstall xrootd-client-libs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove xrootd-client-libs

xrootd-client-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xrootd
/etc/xrootd/client.conf
/etc/xrootd/client.plugins.d
/etc/xrootd/client.plugins.d/client-plugin.conf.example
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/dabe8058f991a7410e6edf845be7f3a2c593a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/9e0f8c9f8db54b320005bc073b4b327f37a965
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/48c9376d0cc2d35bb9c0af26d5d5180b9baa44
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/f74a6d698b843638c2fdb21843a73ca4834da1
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/5b6f45e819481a97e28075d04e278d4c6f219c
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/9622b36191a45ca49df3d7033a96121f71cae7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/83c5ceb19cd2c670c77e3903f195b65a86a2fe
/usr/lib64/libXrdCl.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdCl.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdClProxyPlugin-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdFfs.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdFfs.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdPosix.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdPosix.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdPosixPreload.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdPosixPreload.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXrdPosixPreload.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdSsiLib.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXrdSsiLib.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdSsiShMap.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXrdSsiShMap.so.2.0.0

References

Summary

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