How To Install dcap-libs on CentOS 8

dcap-libs is Client Libraries for dCache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap-libs on CentOS 8.

What is `dcap-libs`

dCache is a distributed mass storage system. This package contains the client libraries.

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

Install dcap-libs on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dcap-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dcap-libs

Install dcap-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dcap-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dcap-libs

How To Uninstall dcap-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove dcap-libs

dcap-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/bc377638d1c2a612cb60ffd44303aa8968eed3
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/96d5db1b80964f182f4385bff1e4d86cefc6e9
/usr/lib64/dcap
/usr/lib64/libdcap.so.1
/usr/lib64/libdcap.so.1.1.47
/usr/lib64/libpdcap.so.1
/usr/lib64/libpdcap.so.1.1.47
/usr/share/licenses/dcap-libs
/usr/share/licenses/dcap-libs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/dcap-libs/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/dcap-libs/LICENSE

References

dcap-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.