How To Install xrootd4-server-libs on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is xrootd4-server-libs

This package contains libraries used by xrootd servers (compat version 4).

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

Install xrootd4-server-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xrootd4-server-libs

Install xrootd4-server-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xrootd4-server-libs

How To Uninstall xrootd4-server-libs on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove xrootd4-server-libs

References

• xrootd4-server-libs website

Summary

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