How To Install gfal2-plugin-file on CentOS 8

gfal2-plugin-file is Provides file support for gfal2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-file on CentOS 8.

What is `gfal2-plugin-file`

Provides the file support (file The file plugin provides local file operations, as copying from local to remote or the other way around.

We can use yum or dnf to install gfal2-plugin-file on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gfal2-plugin-file.

Install gfal2-plugin-file 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 gfal2-plugin-file using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gfal2-plugin-file

Install gfal2-plugin-file 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 gfal2-plugin-file using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gfal2-plugin-file

How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-file on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the gfal2-plugin-file package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gfal2-plugin-file

gfal2-plugin-file Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/b1556974fa60dd099003881bf80f84e01e7a01
/usr/lib64/gfal2-plugins/libgfal_plugin_file.so
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/README_PLUGIN_FILE

References

gfal2-plugin-file website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-file on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.