How To Install root-io-dcache on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-io-dcache on Rocky Linux 8. root-io-dcache is dCache input/output library for ROOT

Introduction

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

What is root-io-dcache

This package contains the dCache extension for ROOT.

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

Install root-io-dcache 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-io-dcache using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-io-dcache

Install root-io-dcache 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-io-dcache using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-io-dcache

How To Uninstall root-io-dcache on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove root-io-dcache

root-io-dcache Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TDCacheFile.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/6a9a2735b5d38d498050db573b53f2fed612ac
/usr/lib64/root/libDCache.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libDCache.so
/usr/lib64/root/libDCache.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libDCache.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libDCache_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TFile/P040_TDCacheFile.C
/usr/share/root/plugins/TSystem/P020_TDCacheSystem.C

References

Summary

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