How To Install xrootd-client on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd-client on Rocky Linux 8.
What is xrootd-client
This package contains the command line tools used to communicate with xrootd servers.
We can use yum or dnf to install xrootd-client on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xrootd-client.
Install xrootd-client 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 xrootd-client using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xrootd-client
Install xrootd-client 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 xrootd-client using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xrootd-client
How To Uninstall xrootd-client on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the xrootd-client package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xrootd-client
xrootd-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/xrdadler32
/usr/bin/xrdcopy
/usr/bin/xrdcp
/usr/bin/xrdfs
/usr/bin/xrdgsiproxy
/usr/bin/xrdgsitest
/usr/bin/xrdmapc
/usr/bin/xrdpinls
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/10b2f830d5e8b44cbf97bbf94571973287b4ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/f477c102aac00c65e4f99ae189f1d22fe4890d
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/12e26f6427de270e860164337cd6bc3c5f6364
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/71e97381c5e3350d10e8132c8ae168743d5e63
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/fc081747b749e89f2878c1e5cc0a4bb9c49842
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/9ae4249b6228ab579c008241c623737355c5c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/14e4cd42457ec26fe8d66b04ea714b196d1f1d
/usr/share/man/man1/xrdadler32.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrdcopy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrdcp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrdfs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrdgsiproxy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrdgsitest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xrdmapc.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd-client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.