How To Install xrdcl-http on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrdcl-http on CentOS 8.
What is xrdcl-http
xrdcl-http is an XRootD client plugin which allows XRootD to interact with HTTP repositories.
We can use yum or dnf to install xrdcl-http on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xrdcl-http.
Install xrdcl-http 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 xrdcl-http using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xrdcl-http
Install xrdcl-http 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 xrdcl-http using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xrdcl-http
How To Uninstall xrdcl-http on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xrdcl-http package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xrdcl-http
xrdcl-http Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/xrootd/client.plugins.d/xrdcl-http-plugin.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/ff757bade53e2ae4c98e083334fcf68cb7c6ab
/usr/lib64/libXrdClHttp-5.so
/usr/share/doc/xrdcl-http
/usr/share/doc/xrdcl-http/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xrdcl-http
/usr/share/licenses/xrdcl-http/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrdcl-http on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.