How To Install gvfs-afp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-afp.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gvfs-afp.x86_64 is AFP support for gvfs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-afp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `gvfs-afp.x86_64`

This package provides support for reading and writing files on Mac OS X and original Mac OS network shares via Apple Filing Protocol to applications using gvfs.

We can use yum to install gvfs-afp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gvfs-afp.x86_64.

Install gvfs-afp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gvfs-afp.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gvfs-afp.x86_64

How To Uninstall gvfs-afp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gvfs-afp.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gvfs-afp.x86_64

gvfs-afp.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/libexec/gvfsd-afp
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-afp-browse
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/afp-browse.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/afp.mount

References

gvfs-afp.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-afp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.