How To Install gvfs-smb on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-smb on Rocky Linux 8. gvfs-smb is Windows fileshare support for gvfs

Introduction

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

What is gvfs-smb

This package provides support for reading and writing files on windows shares (SMB) to applications using gvfs.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install gvfs-smb

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

sudo yum -y install gvfs-smb

How To Uninstall gvfs-smb on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gvfs-smb

gvfs-smb Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/a2b1fa8044ec0534a44ea6d738aa75d5a77e94
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/31424dc0c39ce8c8e6a69b66817f2baa61a8c4
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-smb
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-smb-browse
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/smb-browse.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/smb.mount

References

Summary

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