Information about the package, xrootd-compat, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xrootd-compat package is designed for, Extended ROOT file server - compat version.
Package Name:
xrootd-compat
Summary:
Extended ROOT file server - compat version
URL:
Description:
The Extended root file server consists of a file server called xrootd and a cluster management server called cmsd. The xrootd server was developed for the root analysis framework to serve root files. However, the server is agnostic to file types and provides POSIX-like access to any type of file. The cmsd server is the next generation version of the olbd server, originally developed to cluster and load balance Objectivity/DB AMS database servers. It provides enhanced capability along with lower latency and increased throughput. This package contains the xrootd 3.x version of the server.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.3.6
Release:
1.el6
Size:
230 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv3+
Control the xrootd-compat package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xrootd-compat
This command will install xrootd-compat on the server.
yum remove xrootd-compat
This command will un-install xrootd-compat on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xrootd-compat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xrootd-compat
This command will un-install xrootd-compat on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove xrootd-compat when using the -y flag.
yum update xrootd-compat
This command will update xrootd-compat to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xrootd-compat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xrootd-compat
This command will update xrootd-compat to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove xrootd-compat when using the -y flag.
yum info xrootd-compat
This command will show you core information about the xrootd-compat package.
yum deplist xrootd-compat
This command will show you the dependencies for xrootd-compat. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update xrootd-compat
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xrootd-compat. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.