How To Install root-io-sql on CentOS 8

root-io-sql is SQL input/output library for ROOT

Introduction

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

What is root-io-sql

This package contains the SQL extension for ROOT, that allows transparent access to files data via an SQL database, using ROOT’s TFile interface.

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

Install root-io-sql 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-sql using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-io-sql

Install root-io-sql 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-sql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-io-sql

How To Uninstall root-io-sql on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove root-io-sql

root-io-sql Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/root/TBufferSQL2.h
/usr/include/root/TKeySQL.h
/usr/include/root/TSQLClassInfo.h
/usr/include/root/TSQLFile.h
/usr/include/root/TSQLObjectData.h
/usr/include/root/TSQLStructure.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/12f8e59f6b0da7b4e47141e58c6b2bdc2d8766
/usr/lib64/root/libSQLIO.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libSQLIO.so
/usr/lib64/root/libSQLIO.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libSQLIO.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libSQLIO_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TFile/P090_TSQLFile.C

References

Summary

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