How To Install root-r-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-r-tools on Rocky Linux 8. root-r-tools is R Tools

Introduction

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

What is `root-r-tools`

This package contains a minimizer module for ROOT that uses the ROOT R interface.

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

Install root-r-tools 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-r-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-r-tools

Install root-r-tools 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-r-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-r-tools

How To Uninstall root-r-tools on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove root-r-tools

root-r-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/Math/RMinimizer.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/180721756c3a387b2315328ea640527048abc8
/usr/lib64/root/libRtools.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libRtools.so
/usr/lib64/root/libRtools.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libRtools.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libRtools_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/ROOT@@Math@@Minimizer/P090_RMinimizer.C

References

root-r-tools website

Summary

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