How To Install gvfs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gvfs.x86_64 is Backends for the gio framework in GLib

Introduction

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

What is `gvfs.x86_64`

The gvfs package provides backend implementations for the gio framework in GLib. It includes ftp, sftp, cifs.

We can use yum to install gvfs.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.x86_64.

Install gvfs.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.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gvfs.x86_64

How To Uninstall gvfs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove gvfs.x86_64

gvfs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-daemon.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-metadata.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor.service
/usr/lib64/gvfs/libgvfsdaemon.so
/usr/libexec/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
/usr/libexec/gvfsd
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-admin
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-burn
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-cdda
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-computer
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-dav
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-dnssd
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-ftp
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-http
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-localtest
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-metadata
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-network
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-recent
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-sftp
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-trash
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/gvfs-dns-sd.convert
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/gvfs-smb.convert
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.Daemon.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.Metadata.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.UDisks2VolumeMonitor.service
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.system.dns_sd.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.system.gvfs.enums.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.system.smb.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gvfs
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/admin.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/burn.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/cdda.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/computer.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/dav+sd.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/dav.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/dns-sd.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/ftp.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/ftps.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/http.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/localtest.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/network.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/recent.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/sftp.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/trash.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors
/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/udisks2.monitor
/usr/share/man/man1/gvfsd-metadata.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gvfsd.1.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gtk.vfs.file-operations.policy
/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/org.gtk.vfs.file-operations.rules

References

gvfs.x86_64 website

Summary

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