How To Install dcap on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap on Rocky Linux 8. dcap is Client Tools for dCache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dcap.

Install dcap on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install dcap

Install dcap on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install dcap

How To Uninstall dcap on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove dcap

dcap Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/dccp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/dbc2707adc33c16811765190cf21de5d942969
/usr/share/man/man1/dccp.1.gz

References

dcap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dcap on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.