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

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-mock on Rocky Linux 8. gfal2-plugin-mock is Provides a Mock dummy protocol for gfal2

Introduction

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

What is gfal2-plugin-mock

Provides a dummy mock

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

Install gfal2-plugin-mock 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-mock using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gfal2-plugin-mock

Install gfal2-plugin-mock 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-mock using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gfal2-plugin-mock

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

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

sudo dnf remove gfal2-plugin-mock

gfal2-plugin-mock Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/gfal2.d/mock_plugin.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/9acc2ff0a31b796edf4abb19e9b48f1cbff15c
/usr/lib64/gfal2-plugins/libgfal_plugin_mock.so
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/README_PLUGIN_MOCK

References

Summary

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