How To Install root-net-davix on CentOS 8

root-net-davix is Davix extension for ROOT

Introduction

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

What is `root-net-davix`

This package contains the davix extension for ROOT, that provides access to http based storage such as webdav and S3.

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

Install root-net-davix 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-net-davix using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-net-davix

Install root-net-davix 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-net-davix using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-net-davix

How To Uninstall root-net-davix on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove root-net-davix

root-net-davix Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/root/ROOT/RRawFileDavix.hxx
/usr/include/root/TDavixFile.h
/usr/include/root/TDavixSystem.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/5ad635dae0923020a85086b0d0194dfd789432
/usr/lib64/root/libRDAVIX.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libRDAVIX.so
/usr/lib64/root/libRDAVIX.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libRDAVIX.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libRDAVIX_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/ROOT@@Internal@@RRawFile/P010_RRawFileDavix.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TFile/P130_TDavixFile.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TSystem/P045_TDavixSystem.C

References

root-net-davix website

Summary

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