How To Install davfs2 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install davfs2 on CentOS 8.
What is davfs2
davfs2 is a Linux file system driver that allows you to mount a WebDAV server as a disk drive.
We can use yum or dnf to install davfs2 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install davfs2.
Install davfs2 on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install davfs2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install davfs2
Install davfs2 on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install davfs2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install davfs2
How To Uninstall davfs2 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the davfs2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove davfs2
davfs2 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/davfs2
/etc/davfs2/certs
/etc/davfs2/certs/private
/etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf
/etc/davfs2/secrets
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/e8c8b754bf5124272e3d65e483e0729b0cb5c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/9ec1feb899091f37708b27175b614fc3b469c5
/usr/sbin/mount.davfs
/usr/sbin/umount.davfs
/usr/share/davfs2
/usr/share/davfs2/davfs2.conf
/usr/share/davfs2/secrets
/usr/share/doc/davfs2
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/README
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/README.translators
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/davfs2
/usr/share/licenses/davfs2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/davfs2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/davfs2.mo
/usr/share/man/de/man5/davfs2.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/mount.davfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/umount.davfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/davfs2.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/davfs2.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mount.davfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/umount.davfs.8.gz
/var/cache/davfs2
/var/run/mount.davfs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install davfs2 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.