How To Install root-gdml on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-gdml on Rocky Linux 8. root-gdml is GDML import/export for ROOT geometries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-gdml on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `root-gdml`

This package contains an import/export module for ROOT geometries.

We can use yum or dnf to install root-gdml on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install root-gdml.

Install root-gdml 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 root-gdml using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-gdml

Install root-gdml 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 root-gdml using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-gdml

How To Uninstall root-gdml on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the root-gdml package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-gdml

root-gdml Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TGDMLParse.h
/usr/include/root/TGDMLWrite.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/2891dac255c0290046a996d0b007560af8fb45
/usr/lib64/root/libGdml.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libGdml.so
/usr/lib64/root/libGdml.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libGdml.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libGdml_rdict.pcm

References

root-gdml website

Summary

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