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.