How To Install xrootd-client-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd-client-libs on CentOS 8.
What is xrootd-client-libs
This package contains libraries used by xrootd clients.
We can use yum or dnf to install xrootd-client-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xrootd-client-libs.
Install xrootd-client-libs 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 xrootd-client-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xrootd-client-libs
Install xrootd-client-libs 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 xrootd-client-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xrootd-client-libs
How To Uninstall xrootd-client-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xrootd-client-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xrootd-client-libs
xrootd-client-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/xrootd
/etc/xrootd/client.conf
/etc/xrootd/client.plugins.d
/etc/xrootd/client.plugins.d/client-plugin.conf.example
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/dabe8058f991a7410e6edf845be7f3a2c593a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/9e0f8c9f8db54b320005bc073b4b327f37a965
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/48c9376d0cc2d35bb9c0af26d5d5180b9baa44
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/f74a6d698b843638c2fdb21843a73ca4834da1
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/5b6f45e819481a97e28075d04e278d4c6f219c
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/9622b36191a45ca49df3d7033a96121f71cae7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/83c5ceb19cd2c670c77e3903f195b65a86a2fe
/usr/lib64/libXrdCl.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdCl.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdClProxyPlugin-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdFfs.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdFfs.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdPosix.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdPosix.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdPosixPreload.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdPosixPreload.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXrdPosixPreload.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdSsiLib.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXrdSsiLib.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdSsiShMap.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXrdSsiShMap.so.2.0.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd-client-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.