How To Install netatalk on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install netatalk on Rocky Linux 8. netatalk is Open Source Apple Filing Protocol(AFP) File Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install netatalk on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `netatalk`

Netatalk is a freely-available Open Source AFP file server. A *NIX/*BSD system running Netatalk is capable of serving many Macintosh clients simultaneously as an AppleShare file server (AFP).

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

Install netatalk 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 netatalk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install netatalk

Install netatalk 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 netatalk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install netatalk

How To Uninstall netatalk on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the netatalk package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove netatalk

netatalk Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/netatalk-dbus.conf
/etc/netatalk
/etc/netatalk/afp.conf
/etc/netatalk/dbus-session.conf
/etc/netatalk/extmap.conf
/etc/pam.d/netatalk
/usr/bin/ad
/usr/bin/afpldaptest
/usr/bin/afppasswd
/usr/bin/afpstats
/usr/bin/apple_dump
/usr/bin/asip-status.pl
/usr/bin/cnid2_create
/usr/bin/dbd
/usr/bin/macusers
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/60009711f29285518f090a46ebbd3eded7dd72
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/729fbd32fbdbcca720730c0e9ee99ae5b669f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/a37c74cbb1bb0ae3fa4517de6f918c311abf58
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/c5becd2f6ba7e9f03d1ebebf7275b8ad6596c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/79cadd8b85bb1341856a305ee834b683b9b5f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/212000424bd03f3dff906d87b2b1325d5503d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/35d01ff9181a1ad0a14cde5997e359d0914c3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/7452a1cb13749188bed5e1ec28f37289409161
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/d316a1c993287fcdbadd2dbe6c887082609c71
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/a796ff65dbfa497d53494b9c8d20e911883ac7
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/62ae5d016da55d2757e3494de3f4c8ff9b6647
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/a141210c5461de8fd3ff42ba20514f30408f58
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/36eddb7de89aee0601f05e449d5e9bdd25aaa3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/745946584a75881e45fcd7322e1727fc7e162d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/a200119364c0e898f6dee8985c56f919f35833
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/1df05c8cb01742ee40aa049f312d156497a1ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/27642e0565bda7577294879c983fb39e948ad4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/0648a01e9ab6554a066b1e71ddab9346df5d66
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/49705662f32f5a0a829d83b6899928f6cf30bb
/usr/lib/systemd/system/netatalk.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/netatalk.conf
/usr/lib64/libatalk.so.18
/usr/lib64/libatalk.so.18.0.0
/usr/lib64/netatalk
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_clrtxt.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx2.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx2_pam.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx2_passwd.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx_pam.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx_passwd.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_gss.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_guest.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_pam.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_passwd.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_pgp.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_randnum.so
/usr/sbin/afpd
/usr/sbin/cnid_dbd
/usr/sbin/cnid_metad
/usr/sbin/netatalk
/usr/share/doc/netatalk
/usr/share/doc/netatalk/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/netatalk/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/netatalk/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/netatalk/netatalk.html
/usr/share/licenses/netatalk
/usr/share/licenses/netatalk/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/netatalk/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/man/man1/ad.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/afpldaptest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/afppasswd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/afpstats.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/apple_dump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/asip-status.pl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dbd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/macusers.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uniconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/afp.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/afp_signature.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/afp_voluuid.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/extmap.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/afpd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/cnid_dbd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/cnid_metad.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/netatalk.8.gz
/var/lib/netatalk
/var/lib/netatalk/CNID
/var/lib/netatalk/CNID/README
/var/lib/netatalk/README

References

netatalk website

Summary

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