How To Install xrootd-server-libs on CentOS 8

xrootd-server-libs is Libraries used by xrootd servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd-server-libs on CentOS 8.

What is `xrootd-server-libs`

This package contains libraries used by xrootd servers.

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

Install xrootd-server-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-server-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xrootd-server-libs

Install xrootd-server-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-server-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xrootd-server-libs

How To Uninstall xrootd-server-libs on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xrootd-server-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xrootd-server-libs

xrootd-server-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/97ab95275feaa3743c635ba9d032257441ccb3
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/999f10f1fbe9500a315e6ca51e33c14aa7cad1
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/d453ccdf2a76ef8b94dba52386b230b1075e74
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/85056b3ea44db7b4a01f52bcb9f9b327930496
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/cc6a6fdc831fef3d87e3155b5ca17586f75eba
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/d66ce0f469b93c7f3d5412bbddde3a2a7379b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/30838954cf53af31ed0925392e5360e6e68f48
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/c161d6dff45ac6c95518c6dd1a49c8fe2ae177
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/faafa041b2e2eb161a04f11dcc7e77935414f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/3b0164e55b656388b1a5be62c21d5adb2b04ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/74d00411f01b5534c493a1d2bc4e90c51ae7fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/567de830aafb255b67b3dc62e46aae0af3b8b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/6d6c8a00f44580726cabaac5e358a7be107fae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/5eb0c23f3203450f17bf6d0c6856586f1b96a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/e5fe376a69988f8098fe8000a18cdc37666e4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/3dfa3135d398c11307b2183de225ab04bc06c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/6753cb61d91c56c8d8d0e32106f04722f1d4e3
/usr/lib64/libXrdBlacklistDecision-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdBwm-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdCmsRedirectLocal-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdFileCache-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdHttp-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdHttpTPC-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdHttpUtils.so.2
/usr/lib64/libXrdHttpUtils.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdMacaroons-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdN2No2p-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdOssCsi-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdOssSIgpfsT-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdPfc-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdPss-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdServer.so.3
/usr/lib64/libXrdServer.so.3.0.0
/usr/lib64/libXrdSsi-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdSsiLog-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdThrottle-5.so
/usr/lib64/libXrdXrootd-5.so

References

xrootd-server-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd-server-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.