How To Install gfal2-plugin-xrootd on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-xrootd
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gfal2-plugin-xrootd
gfal2-plugin-xrootd is:
Provides the xrootd (root://) support for gfal2.
There are three methods to install gfal2-plugin-xrootd
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-xrootd 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-xrootd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfal2-plugin-xrootd
Install gfal2-plugin-xrootd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfal2-plugin-xrootd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfal2-plugin-xrootd
Install gfal2-plugin-xrootd 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-xrootd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfal2-plugin-xrootd
How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-xrootd on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gfal2-plugin-xrootd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd
Uninstall gfal2-plugin-xrootd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfal2-plugin-xrootd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfal2-plugin-xrootd
Remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd Configurations and Data
To remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfal2-plugin-xrootd
Remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfal2-plugin-xrootd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-xrootd
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.