How to Install and Uninstall xrootd-scitokens.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: November 14,2024

1. Install "xrootd-scitokens.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install xrootd-scitokens.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "xrootd-scitokens.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall xrootd-scitokens.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xrootd-scitokens.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Available Packages
Name : xrootd-scitokens
Epoch : 1
Version : 5.6.7
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 84 k
Source : xrootd-5.6.7-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : SciTokens authorization support for XRootD
URL : https://xrootd.slac.stanford.edu/
License : Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause
Description : This ACC (authorization) plugin for the XRootD framework utilizes the
: SciTokens library to validate and extract authorization claims from a
: SciToken passed during a transfer. Configured appropriately, this
: allows the XRootD server admin to delegate authorization decisions for
: a subset of the namespace to an external issuer.