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update mkdocs packages versions, and improve info from xrootd_rpms

Merged Adrian Sevcenco requested to merge asevcenc/jalien-docs:xrood_rpms into master
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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The following documentation describes how to install XRootD using RPMs.
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!!! info "Updating from XRootD v4 to v5 case"
Because of configuration fixes and not only the minimum version recommended is 5.1
Because of configuration fixes and not only the minimum version is 5.1 (but recommended to use latest version available)
See upgrading below
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ The following documentation describes how to install XRootD using RPMs.
~# yum -y install alicexrdplugins
```
3.2 For upgrade case it's best to remove all XRootD packages
3.2 For upgrade from v4 case it's best to remove all XRootD packages
```bash
~# yum remove -y xrootd*
```
Then one can install either the epel version or the upstream XRootD version
Then one can install either the epel version or the upstream XRootD version (N.B.!! epel have no downgrade path)
<br>(see Yum repositories section from [XRootD downloads](https://xrootd.slac.stanford.edu/dload.html))
```bash
~# yum install -y xrootd-client xrootd-server
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ The following documentation describes how to install XRootD using RPMs.
- `xrootd-aggregatingname2name` (dependent on XRootD)
- `alicexrdplugins` (metapackage, will pull all required dependencies)
In special cases (when a test/preview is desired), `xrootd-alicetokenacc`, `xrootd-aggregatingname2name`, `alicexrdplugins` can be downloaded from [here](https://asevcenc.web.cern.ch/asevcenc/xrootd5alice/)
otherwise they are usually found in WLCG repository.
Until these pluggins are accepted in WLCG repository, `xrootd-alicetokenacc`, `xrootd-aggregatingname2name`, `alicexrdplugins` can be downloaded from [here](https://asevcenc.web.cern.ch/asevcenc/xrootd5alice/)
otherwise they are usually found in WLCG repository. (chose the relevant distro, for centos 7, chose `el7` directory.)
## XRootD Management Script
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