xrootd4 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "xrootd4" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install xrootd4 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S xrootd4

* (Optional) Uninstall xrootd4 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns xrootd4

2. Manually Install "xrootd4" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone xrootd4's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/xrootd4.git ~/xrootd4

c. Go to ~/xrootd4 folder and install it

$ cd ~/xrootd4 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the xrootd4 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1050838
Name: xrootd4
PackageBaseID: 176902
PackageBase: xrootd4
Version: 4.12.6-3
Description: Software framework for fast, low latency, scalable and fault tolerant data access.
URL: https://xrootd.slac.stanford.edu/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
FirstSubmitted: 1647254203
LastModified: 1647254203
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xrootd4.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions