How To Install nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal on Rocky Linux 8.
What is nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal
NorduGrid is a collaboration aiming at development, maintenance and support of the middleware, known as the Advanced Resource Connector (ARC). ARC plugins for GFAL2. This allows third-party transfer and adds support for several extra transfer protocols (rfio, dcap, gsidcap). Support for specific protocols is provided by separate 3rd-party GFAL2 plugin packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal.
Install nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal 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 nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal
Install nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal 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 nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal
How To Uninstall nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal
nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/9e7dca02fd598c82c3b3f196b90ad8b17611f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/bb707d16e3a21746c6cfc671a95ddc94bc88a4
/usr/lib64/arc/external
/usr/lib64/arc/external/libdmcgfal.apd
/usr/lib64/arc/external/libdmcgfal.so
/usr/lib64/arc/libdmcgfaldeleg.apd
/usr/lib64/arc/libdmcgfaldeleg.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-plugins-gfal on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
