How To Install root-io-dcache on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-io-dcache on CentOS 8.
What is root-io-dcache
This package contains the dCache extension for ROOT.
We can use yum or dnf to install root-io-dcache on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install root-io-dcache.
Install root-io-dcache 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-io-dcache using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install root-io-dcache
Install root-io-dcache 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-io-dcache using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install root-io-dcache
How To Uninstall root-io-dcache on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the root-io-dcache package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove root-io-dcache
root-io-dcache Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/root/TDCacheFile.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/6a9a2735b5d38d498050db573b53f2fed612ac
/usr/lib64/root/libDCache.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libDCache.so
/usr/lib64/root/libDCache.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libDCache.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libDCache_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TFile/P040_TDCacheFile.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TSystem/P020_TDCacheSystem.C
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-io-dcache on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
