How To Install xrootd-voms on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd-voms on Rocky Linux 8. xrootd-voms is VOMS attribute extractor plugin for XRootD

Introduction

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

What is xrootd-voms

The VOMS attribute extractor plugin for XRootD.

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

Install xrootd-voms 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-voms using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xrootd-voms

Install xrootd-voms 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-voms using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xrootd-voms

How To Uninstall xrootd-voms on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove xrootd-voms

xrootd-voms Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/938c9ed495584c9718491cd9331c7098e21991
/usr/lib64/libXrdHttpVOMS-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdSecgsiVOMS-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdVoms-5.so
/usr/share/man/man1/libXrdSecgsiVOMS.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libXrdVoms.1.gz

References

Summary

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