How To Install netatalk on CentOS 8
netatalk is Open Source Apple Filing Protocol(AFP) File Server
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netatalk on CentOS 8.
What is netatalk
Netatalk is a freely-available Open Source AFP file server. A *NIX/*BSD system running Netatalk is capable of serving many Macintosh clients simultaneously as an AppleShare file server (AFP).
We can use yum or dnf to install netatalk on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install netatalk.
Install netatalk 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 netatalk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install netatalk
Install netatalk 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 netatalk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install netatalk
How To Uninstall netatalk on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the netatalk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove netatalk
netatalk Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/netatalk-dbus.conf
/etc/netatalk
/etc/netatalk/afp.conf
/etc/netatalk/dbus-session.conf
/etc/netatalk/extmap.conf
/etc/pam.d/netatalk
/usr/bin/ad
/usr/bin/afpldaptest
/usr/bin/afppasswd
/usr/bin/afpstats
/usr/bin/apple_dump
/usr/bin/asip-status.pl
/usr/bin/cnid2_create
/usr/bin/dbd
/usr/bin/macusers
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/60009711f29285518f090a46ebbd3eded7dd72
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/729fbd32fbdbcca720730c0e9ee99ae5b669f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/a37c74cbb1bb0ae3fa4517de6f918c311abf58
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/c5becd2f6ba7e9f03d1ebebf7275b8ad6596c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/79cadd8b85bb1341856a305ee834b683b9b5f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/212000424bd03f3dff906d87b2b1325d5503d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/35d01ff9181a1ad0a14cde5997e359d0914c3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/7452a1cb13749188bed5e1ec28f37289409161
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/d316a1c993287fcdbadd2dbe6c887082609c71
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/a796ff65dbfa497d53494b9c8d20e911883ac7
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/62ae5d016da55d2757e3494de3f4c8ff9b6647
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/a141210c5461de8fd3ff42ba20514f30408f58
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/36eddb7de89aee0601f05e449d5e9bdd25aaa3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/745946584a75881e45fcd7322e1727fc7e162d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/a200119364c0e898f6dee8985c56f919f35833
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/1df05c8cb01742ee40aa049f312d156497a1ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/27642e0565bda7577294879c983fb39e948ad4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/0648a01e9ab6554a066b1e71ddab9346df5d66
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/49705662f32f5a0a829d83b6899928f6cf30bb
/usr/lib/systemd/system/netatalk.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/netatalk.conf
/usr/lib64/libatalk.so.18
/usr/lib64/libatalk.so.18.0.0
/usr/lib64/netatalk
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_clrtxt.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx2.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx2_pam.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx2_passwd.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx_pam.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_dhx_passwd.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_gss.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_guest.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_pam.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_passwd.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_pgp.so
/usr/lib64/netatalk/uams_randnum.so
/usr/sbin/afpd
/usr/sbin/cnid_dbd
/usr/sbin/cnid_metad
/usr/sbin/netatalk
/usr/share/doc/netatalk
/usr/share/doc/netatalk/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/netatalk/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/netatalk/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/netatalk/netatalk.html
/usr/share/licenses/netatalk
/usr/share/licenses/netatalk/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/netatalk/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/man/man1/ad.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/afpldaptest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/afppasswd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/afpstats.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/apple_dump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/asip-status.pl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dbd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/macusers.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uniconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/afp.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/afp_signature.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/afp_voluuid.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/extmap.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/afpd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/cnid_dbd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/cnid_metad.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/netatalk.8.gz
/var/lib/netatalk
/var/lib/netatalk/CNID
/var/lib/netatalk/CNID/README
/var/lib/netatalk/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netatalk on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.