How To Install gfal2-plugin-http on CentOS 8

gfal2-plugin-http is Provides the HTTP/DAV support for gfal2

Introduction

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

What is gfal2-plugin-http

Provides the HTTP (http[s] this plugin is able to do third-party copy with WebDAV if the storage supports it.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install gfal2-plugin-http

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

sudo yum -y install gfal2-plugin-http

How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-http on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove gfal2-plugin-http

gfal2-plugin-http Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/gfal2.d/http_plugin.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/9558756624a88f2449d4a7a2dbbaf114d38311
/usr/lib64/gfal2-plugins/libgfal_plugin_http.so
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/README_PLUGIN_HTTP

References

Summary

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