How To Install gfal2-plugin-file on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-file on Rocky Linux 8. gfal2-plugin-file is Provides file support for gfal2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-file on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gfal2-plugin-file`

Provides the file support (file The file plugin provides local file operations, as copying from local to remote or the other way around.

We can use yum or dnf to install gfal2-plugin-file on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gfal2-plugin-file.

Install gfal2-plugin-file on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gfal2-plugin-file using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gfal2-plugin-file

Install gfal2-plugin-file on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gfal2-plugin-file using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gfal2-plugin-file

How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-file on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gfal2-plugin-file package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gfal2-plugin-file

gfal2-plugin-file Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/b1556974fa60dd099003881bf80f84e01e7a01
/usr/lib64/gfal2-plugins/libgfal_plugin_file.so
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/README_PLUGIN_FILE

References

gfal2-plugin-file website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-file on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.