How To Install gvfs-goa on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is gvfs-goa

This package provides seamless integration with gnome-online-accounts file services.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install gvfs-goa

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

sudo yum -y install gvfs-goa

How To Uninstall gvfs-goa on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gvfs-goa

gvfs-goa Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/d7dedaa68e2306000b4722c10e304515fe7d84
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/e751baa29ff6f914899c3c4209945b23c66a2c
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-goa-volume-monitor.service
/usr/libexec/gvfs-goa-volume-monitor
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-google
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.GoaVolumeMonitor.service
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/google.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/goa.monitor

References

Summary

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