How To Install xrootd-client on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd-client on Ubuntu.

What is `xrootd-client`

xrootd-client is:

This package contains the command line tools used to communicate with xrootd servers.

There are three methods to install xrootd-client on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install xrootd-client Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xrootd-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xrootd-client

Install xrootd-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xrootd-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xrootd-client

Install xrootd-client Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install xrootd-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xrootd-client

How To Uninstall xrootd-client on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the xrootd-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xrootd-client

Uninstall xrootd-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xrootd-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xrootd-client

Remove xrootd-client Configurations and Data

To remove xrootd-client configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xrootd-client

Remove xrootd-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xrootd-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xrootd-client

Dependencies

xrootd-client have the following dependencies:

References

xrootd-client website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xrootd-client package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.