How To Install dmlite-dpm-xrootd on CentOS 8

dmlite-dpm-xrootd is XROOT interface to the Disk Pool Manager (DPM)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-dpm-xrootd on CentOS 8.

What is dmlite-dpm-xrootd

This package contains plugins for XROOTD to allow it to provide access to DPM managed storage via the XROOT protocol.

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

Install dmlite-dpm-xrootd 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 dmlite-dpm-xrootd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dmlite-dpm-xrootd

Install dmlite-dpm-xrootd 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 dmlite-dpm-xrootd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dmlite-dpm-xrootd

How To Uninstall dmlite-dpm-xrootd on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove dmlite-dpm-xrootd

dmlite-dpm-xrootd Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/xrootd/xrootd-dpmdisk.cfg
/etc/xrootd/xrootd-dpmfedredir_atlas.cfg
/etc/xrootd/xrootd-dpmredir.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/aaa5c3254471154bade3addd6ec28e5ecf3244
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/e89a4436c507519cc594cd8d43ec0fff8afaad
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/f4d23523ff7b80de2983a86ac6ad4419536122
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/39adacdff44803531ba4b68724bc0e415cb2e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/37cece0408079b9da79ea30cb8291de82893fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/02429a9450b27dc7877b120b95258ac2d55574
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMCks-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMCks.so-5.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMDiskAcc-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMDiskAcc.so-5.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMFinder-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMFinder.so-5.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMOss-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMOss.so-5.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMRedirAcc-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMRedirAcc.so-5.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMStatInfo-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdDPMStatInfo.so-5.3

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-dpm-xrootd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.