How To Install root-gui-ged on CentOS 8

root-gui-ged is GUI element for editing various ROOT objects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-gui-ged on CentOS 8.

What is root-gui-ged

This package contains a library to show a pop-up window for editing various ROOT objects.

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

Install root-gui-ged 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 root-gui-ged using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-gui-ged

Install root-gui-ged 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 root-gui-ged using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-gui-ged

How To Uninstall root-gui-ged on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the root-gui-ged package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-gui-ged

root-gui-ged Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/root/HelpSMText.h
/usr/include/root/TArrowEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TAttFillEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TAttLineEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TAttMarkerEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TAttTextEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TAxisEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TCurlyArcEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TCurlyLineEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TF1Editor.h
/usr/include/root/TFrameEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TFunctionParametersDialog.h
/usr/include/root/TGedEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TGedFrame.h
/usr/include/root/TGedMarkerSelect.h
/usr/include/root/TGedPatternSelect.h
/usr/include/root/TGraphEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TH1Editor.h
/usr/include/root/TH2Editor.h
/usr/include/root/TLineEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TPadEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TPaveStatsEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TPieEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TPieSliceEditor.h
/usr/include/root/TStyleDialog.h
/usr/include/root/TStyleManager.h
/usr/include/root/TStylePreview.h
/usr/include/root/TTextEditor.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/c476459dc030b5eaf9a22b1a23e7e26eeabb0e
/usr/lib64/root/libGed.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libGed.so
/usr/lib64/root/libGed.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libGed.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libGed_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TVirtualPadEditor/P010_TGedEditor.C

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-gui-ged on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.