How To Install dcap on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap on CentOS 7. dcap is Client Tools for dCache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap on CentOS 7.

What is dcap

dCache is a distributed mass storage system. This package contains the client tools.

We can use yum or dnf to install dcap on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dcap.

Install dcap on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dcap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dcap

Install dcap on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dcap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dcap

How To Uninstall dcap on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the dcap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dcap

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.