How To Install gfal2-plugin-gridftp on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-gridftp
on Kali Linux.
What is gfal2-plugin-gridftp
gfal2-plugin-gridftp is:
Provides the gridftp support (gsiftp://) for gfal2. The gridftp plugin provides the POSIX operations and the third party transfer support on the GSIFTP URLs.
There are three methods to install gfal2-plugin-gridftp
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gfal2-plugin-gridftp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gfal2-plugin-gridftp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfal2-plugin-gridftp
Install gfal2-plugin-gridftp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfal2-plugin-gridftp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfal2-plugin-gridftp
Install gfal2-plugin-gridftp Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gfal2-plugin-gridftp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfal2-plugin-gridftp
How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-gridftp on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gfal2-plugin-gridftp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfal2-plugin-gridftp
Uninstall gfal2-plugin-gridftp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfal2-plugin-gridftp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfal2-plugin-gridftp
Remove gfal2-plugin-gridftp Configurations and Data
To remove gfal2-plugin-gridftp
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfal2-plugin-gridftp
Remove gfal2-plugin-gridftp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfal2-plugin-gridftp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfal2-plugin-gridftp
Dependencies
gfal2-plugin-gridftp have the following dependencies:
- libgfal2-2
- libgfal-transfer2
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libglobus-common0
- libglobus-ftp-client2
- libglobus-ftp-control1
- libglobus-gass-copy2
- libglobus-gss-assist3
- libglobus-gssapi-gsi4
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-gridftp
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.