How To Install gvfs-archive on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-archive on Rocky Linux 8. gvfs-archive is Archiving support for gvfs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-archive on Rocky Linux 8.

What is gvfs-archive

This package provides support for accessing files inside Zip and Tar archives, as well as ISO images, to applications using gvfs.

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

Install gvfs-archive 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 gvfs-archive using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gvfs-archive

Install gvfs-archive 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 gvfs-archive using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gvfs-archive

How To Uninstall gvfs-archive on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gvfs-archive package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gvfs-archive

gvfs-archive Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/0666fa92d1df025651ce0e5c2848ad7e8d729d
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-archive
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/archive.mount

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-archive on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.