How To Install gvfs on CentOS 8
gvfs is Backends for the gio framework in GLib Backends for the gio framework in GLib
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs on CentOS 8.
What is gvfs
The gvfs package provides backend implementations for the gio framework in GLib. It includes ftp, sftp, cifs. gvfs 1.36.2 11.el8 x86_64 384 k gvfs-1.36.2-11.el8.src.rpm appstream Backends for the gio framework in GLib https GPLv3 and LGPLv2+ and BSD and MPLv2.0 The gvfs package provides backend implementations for the gio framework in GLib. It includes ftp, sftp, cifs.
We can use yum or dnf to install gvfs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gvfs.
Install gvfs 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 gvfs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gvfs
Install gvfs 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 gvfs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gvfs
How To Uninstall gvfs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gvfs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gvfs
gvfs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/693fe45ef2f82a70747f7d1524e072c0c13193
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/e636e24cefef2e4759ab3052353a3f9fc332bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/5b9a2bf39a8a0185a6aca967254f7c56e7ee5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/939ed1d7c5b89ef08c5b4b9005e4626108b3ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/c54db13e1cc2c580e1869e48f743427285f871
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/e4aaf5523e3b836f7de92639cd665a0fe3888c
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/add4f62bb5137baf795ba58ae2db97afca6c55
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/e463333158fc50fff630c5e826f4ff921c78a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/c1de3c16176e5797f548d5c317aea18c586be2
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/f4907877f40f1669234708b59985285be86992
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/2a4dc8409165c244ccf6b508fd0760cdf0decd
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/ef99ada7e28015716c0fe3345787b79e922d29
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/714958e185c1343142b3a00d9f94bae78caecf
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d5/680c5b10fc5ecbdf4763703033a23dcd5e5728
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/3b03bd4ec94c278ff09ec04ccad25dcb0031e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/2ddcaa283bab4e57cad401e0fef0a8713996f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/32dd306854102cbcae745bc00b19355bca7b7f
/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
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/f707fc6174da421b364bb28dec0f91ef9d7a6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/ad70cf1ad139c8e03a1b471398a34b7a91a3bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/cf7528a367f07b84e03c32bdb649c8b1d830b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/cdae3c65de58379c9c2b2d057e064a4c259dba
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/0e8545862a497767bd8b91beb87e3e210668f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/7788f918a496ec963d740d2c030c10521d426e
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/868b1e6166a7b435fe88a2db3ba28bed32965f
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/029efc76bed0d780158af6c26e7748be001a24
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/30df1d242a0902a4d2ad6a28403fa12b0632f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/754d0c4f8ea815381fc28d8b858ce99fae3d65
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/767758a9eceff05d473064caa2aa28ed77cd53
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/96ff1bd0d21e41128434bfb0b5d4f84bd5e765
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/1421e68df50f1b936655112027c7867aca41b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/62b7ecf1b2dacfd2a1b4fc17eccdb42e19a6a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/e639245bfe48e79ef71378c462a05f6027a96d
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/bd0d154f29bd9f178e669cba3135ec1e8717e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/d1511ecec158b07a71a914f947f61af20fe57d
/usr/lib/gvfs/libgvfsdaemon.so
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-daemon.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-metadata.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor.service
/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
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.