How To Install gfal2-plugin-sftp on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-sftp on CentOS 8.
What is gfal2-plugin-sftp
The Grid File Access Library, GFAL2, provides a simple POSIX-like API for file operations in grid and cloud environments. Plug-ins are available to allow access via a variety of protocols. This package contains a plugin for the sftp protocol (sftp
We can use yum or dnf to install gfal2-plugin-sftp on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gfal2-plugin-sftp.
Install gfal2-plugin-sftp 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-sftp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gfal2-plugin-sftp
Install gfal2-plugin-sftp 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-sftp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gfal2-plugin-sftp
How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-sftp on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gfal2-plugin-sftp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gfal2-plugin-sftp
gfal2-plugin-sftp Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/gfal2.d/sftp_plugin.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/1a5f083b00218017e9c4d1c2b1fef870430c60
/usr/lib64/gfal2-plugins/libgfal_plugin_sftp.so
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/README_PLUGIN_SFTP
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-sftp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
