How To Install gfal2-plugin-srm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-srm on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gfal2-plugin-srm
gfal2-plugin-srm is:
Provides the srm support (srm://) for gfal2. The srm plugin provides the POSIX operations and the third party transfer support on the SRM URLs.
There are three methods to install gfal2-plugin-srm on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-srm 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-srm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfal2-plugin-srm
Install gfal2-plugin-srm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfal2-plugin-srm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfal2-plugin-srm
Install gfal2-plugin-srm Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gfal2-plugin-srm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfal2-plugin-srm
How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-srm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gfal2-plugin-srm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfal2-plugin-srm
Uninstall gfal2-plugin-srm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfal2-plugin-srm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfal2-plugin-srm
Remove gfal2-plugin-srm Configurations and Data
To remove gfal2-plugin-srm configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfal2-plugin-srm
Remove gfal2-plugin-srm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfal2-plugin-srm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfal2-plugin-srm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-srm package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
