How To Install root-hbook on CentOS 8

root-hbook is Hbook library for ROOT

Introduction

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

What is root-hbook

This package contains the Hbook library for ROOT, allowing you to access legacy Hbook files (NTuples and Histograms from PAW).

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

Install root-hbook 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-hbook using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-hbook

Install root-hbook 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-hbook using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-hbook

How To Uninstall root-hbook on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove root-hbook

root-hbook Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/g2root
/usr/bin/h2root
/usr/include/root/THbookBranch.h
/usr/include/root/THbookFile.h
/usr/include/root/THbookKey.h
/usr/include/root/THbookTree.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/ec49be6f52564590b56b9b107e5ff9952aa484
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/36e6c6a8a8929f5963112a5739231405c5ffd8
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/a9a785b0af75d4a657e3d6170beff961cb405d
/usr/lib64/root/libHbook.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libHbook.so
/usr/lib64/root/libHbook.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libHbook.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libHbook_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/man/man1/g2root.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/h2root.1.gz

References

Summary

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