How To Install root-netx on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-netx on CentOS 8.
What is root-netx
This package contains the NetX extension for ROOT, i.e. a client for the xrootd server. Both the old (NetX) and the new (NetXNG) version are provided.
We can use yum or dnf to install root-netx on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install root-netx.
Install root-netx 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-netx using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install root-netx
Install root-netx 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-netx using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install root-netx
How To Uninstall root-netx on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the root-netx package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove root-netx
root-netx Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/root/TNetXNGFile.h
/usr/include/root/TNetXNGFileStager.h
/usr/include/root/TNetXNGSystem.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/8ec697426cfe44d3d30045bfb51ddd8e3ec8bc
/usr/lib64/root/libNetxNG.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libNetxNG.so
/usr/lib64/root/libNetxNG.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libNetxNG.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libNetxNG_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TFile/P100_TXNetFile.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TFileStager/P010_TXNetFileStager.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TSystem/P040_TXNetSystem.C
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-netx on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.