How To Install xrootd4-server on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd4-server on CentOS 7. xrootd4-server is Xrootd server daemons - compat version 4

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd4-server on CentOS 7.

What is xrootd4-server

This package contains the xrootd servers without the SELinux support. Unless you are installing on a system without SELinux also install the xrootd-selinux package. This package contains the xrootd 4 version of the server.

We can use yum or dnf to install xrootd4-server on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xrootd4-server.

Install xrootd4-server on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install xrootd4-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xrootd4-server

Install xrootd4-server on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install xrootd4-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xrootd4-server

How To Uninstall xrootd4-server on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the xrootd4-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xrootd4-server

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd4-server on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.