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Install xrootd with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, apt, zypper

High performance, scalable, fault-tolerant access to data. Version 6.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install libxrdapputils2t64.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install xrootd

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install xrootd

MacPorts ports tree · science/xrootd/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install xrootd

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · xrootd · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#xrootd

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/xr/xrootd/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S xrootd

Arch Linux sync databases · xrootd · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libxrdapputils2t64

Debian stable package indexes · libxrdapputils2t64 · source: deb.debian.org

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install xrootd-client

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · xrootd-client · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

High performance, scalable, fault-tolerant access to data

Commands and aliases

  • cconfig
  • cmsd
  • frm_admin
  • frm_purged
  • frm_xfragent
  • frm_xfrd
  • mpxstats
  • wait41
  • xrdacctest
  • xrdadler32
  • xrdcks
  • xrdcopy
  • xrdcp
  • xrdcrc32c
  • xrdfs
  • xrdgsiproxy
  • xrdgsitest
  • xrdmapc
  • xrdpfc_print
  • xrdpinls
  • xrdpwdadmin
  • xrdreplay
  • xrdsssadmin
  • xrootd
  • xrootd-config

history

Project history and usage

XRootD is a high-performance distributed data-access and storage framework born in high-energy physics. It provides the protocol, servers, clients, plugins, and command-line tools used to move and access massive datasets across disk, tape, remote sites, and storage backends.

Project history

The official XRootD site and README trace the project to the High Energy Physics community's need to satisfy the BaBar experiment's data storage and access requirements at SLAC. It was later extended for Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN, where the same design pressures became much larger: remote access, federated storage, fault tolerance, and throughput at scientific scale.

The name expands to eXtended ROOT Daemon, reflecting its ROOT/HEP origins, but the modern project is broader than a single experiment or file format. The current documentation describes a scalable architecture with multi-protocol communications, plugins, authentication and authorization methods, erasure-coded files, and integration with storage systems such as Ceph.

Adoption history

XRootD became infrastructure for the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid era because LHC experiments needed data access that could span institutes, national labs, and storage technologies. The official README states that XRootD powers CERN's EOS distributed filesystem, which is used by LHC experiments and backs CERNBox.

Adoption moved beyond one site through distribution channels and ecosystem bindings. The project documents installation via RPM and DEB repositories, distro packages, Homebrew, conda-forge, and PyPI bindings, which reflects how XRootD serves both storage administrators and analysis users who only need clients such as `xrdcp` or Python bindings.

How it is used

Administrators deploy XRootD servers and cluster-management components to expose distributed storage, configure authentication, proxying, monitoring, federation, and backend storage plugins. The package includes daemons such as `xrootd` and `cmsd` plus many administrative and diagnostic commands.

Data users most often encounter the client side: `xrdcp` for copying files, `xrdfs` for filesystem-like operations, checksum tools, Python bindings, and experiment frameworks that open files remotely through the XRootD protocol rather than first staging full datasets locally.

Why package nerds care

XRootD is one of the clearest examples of scientific infrastructure hidden behind a package name. Installing it may provide a single CLI for a laptop user, but the same source tree also underpins globally federated data access for particle-physics workloads.

It matters to package nerds because it packages a protocol ecosystem: daemons, client commands, C++ libraries, Python bindings, config grammar, docs, and site policies all have to line up across long-lived Linux distributions, macOS workstations, and scientific clusters.

Timeline

  • Early 2000s: XRootD is initially developed in the HEP community for BaBar data access at SLAC.
  • LHC era: The project is extended for Large Hadron Collider experiment data access at CERN.
  • 2010s: XRootD becomes part of WLCG-style federated data access and storage operations.
  • 2020: XRootD 5.x documentation and package channels support modern client/server deployments.
  • 2026: XRootD 6.x releases and documentation continue, with official packages and bindings across RPM, DEB, Homebrew, conda-forge, and PyPI.

Related projects

  • ROOT is the original high-energy-physics data ecosystem behind the XRootD name.
  • EOS is CERN's distributed filesystem powered by XRootD technology.
  • CERNBox uses EOS, and therefore indirectly depends on XRootD as storage infrastructure.
  • Ceph is a storage system XRootD can integrate with through plugins or deployments.
  • WLCG data-management tooling commonly uses XRootD clients and third-party copy workflows.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for xrootd. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cconfigexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
cmsdexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
frm_adminexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
frm_purgedexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
frm_xfragentexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
frm_xfrdexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
mpxstatsexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
wait41executableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdacctestexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdadler32executableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdcksexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdcopyexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdcpexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdcrc32cexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdfsexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdgsiproxyexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdgsitestexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdmapcexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdpfc_printexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdpinlsexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdpwdadminexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdreplayexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrdsssadminexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrootdexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
xrootd-configexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version6.1.0
manager updated2026-06-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:xrootd
Version6.1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://xrootd.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/xrootd/xrootd
Last updated2026-06-26T16:10:00-04:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

libxrdapputils2t64 5.8.1-1

Utilities library for xrootd applications

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdapputils2t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdapputils2t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdcephposix0 5.8.1-1

Ceph posix library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdcephposix0
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdcephposix0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdcl3t64 5.8.1-1

Client library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdcl3t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 8 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdcl3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdcrypto2t64 5.8.1-1

Cryptograpic library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdcrypto2t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdcrypto2t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdcryptolite2t64 5.8.1-1

Light version of cryptograpic library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdcryptolite2t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdcryptolite2t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdec1t64 5.8.1-1

Erasure code library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdec1t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdec1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdffs3t64 5.8.1-1

File protocol library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdffs3t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 6 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdffs3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdhttputils2t64 5.8.1-1

HTTP protocol utilities library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdhttputils2t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 7 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdhttputils2t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdposix3t64 5.8.1-1

Posix interface library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdposix3t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdposix3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdserver3t64 5.8.1-1

Server library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdserver3t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdserver3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdssilib2t64 5.8.1-1

Server internals library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdssilib2t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdssilib2t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdssishmap2t64 5.8.1-1

Server internals library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdssishmap2t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdssishmap2t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdutils3t64 5.8.1-1

Utilities library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdutils3t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdutils3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrdxml3t64 5.8.1-1

XML library for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrdxml3t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 6 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrdxml3t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrootd-client-dev 5.8.1-1

Development files for xrootd clients

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrootd-client-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrootd-client-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxrootd-dev 5.8.1-1

Development files for xrootd

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/

sudo apt install libxrootd-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: xrootd
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Xrootd
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxrootd-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

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