How To Install root-physics on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-physics on Rocky Linux 8. root-physics is Physics library for ROOT

Introduction

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

What is `root-physics`

This package contains the physics library for ROOT.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install root-physics

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

sudo yum -y install root-physics

How To Uninstall root-physics on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove root-physics

root-physics Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TFeldmanCousins.h
/usr/include/root/TGenPhaseSpace.h
/usr/include/root/TLorentzRotation.h
/usr/include/root/TLorentzVector.h
/usr/include/root/TQuaternion.h
/usr/include/root/TRobustEstimator.h
/usr/include/root/TRolke.h
/usr/include/root/TRotation.h
/usr/include/root/TVector2.h
/usr/include/root/TVector3.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/effb317ac7d1173a6556ae8bb3b749dbc9ca36
/usr/lib64/root/libPhysics.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libPhysics.so
/usr/lib64/root/libPhysics.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libPhysics.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libPhysics_rdict.pcm

References

root-physics website

Summary

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