How To Install root-io-gfal on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-io-gfal on CentOS 8.
What is root-io-gfal
This package contains the Grid File Access Library extension for ROOT.
We can use yum or dnf to install root-io-gfal on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install root-io-gfal.
Install root-io-gfal 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-gfal using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install root-io-gfal
Install root-io-gfal 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-gfal using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install root-io-gfal
How To Uninstall root-io-gfal on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the root-io-gfal package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove root-io-gfal
root-io-gfal Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/root/TGFALFile.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/2de72ebb9bb8701f64ab9f3f5c43eac1ef2a08
/usr/lib64/root/libGFAL.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libGFAL.so
/usr/lib64/root/libGFAL.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libGFAL.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libGFAL_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TFile/P050_TGFALFile.C
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-io-gfal on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.