How To Install gfal2-plugin-dcap on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-dcap in Fedora 36. gfal2-plugin-dcap is Provides the support access for gfal2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-dcap on Fedora 36.

What is `gfal2-plugin-dcap`

Provides the dcap support (gsidcap The dcap plugin provides the POSIX operations for the dcap \ URLs, the dcap protocol is used on the DCACHE storage system

We can use yum or dnf to install gfal2-plugin-dcap on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gfal2-plugin-dcap.

Install gfal2-plugin-dcap on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gfal2-plugin-dcap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gfal2-plugin-dcap

Install gfal2-plugin-dcap on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gfal2-plugin-dcap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gfal2-plugin-dcap

How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-dcap on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gfal2-plugin-dcap

gfal2-plugin-dcap Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/gfal2.d/dcap_plugin.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/95ccaea37957f0b5cb1b9e6b9f3c91648bcfcd
/usr/lib64/gfal2-plugins/libgfal_plugin_dcap.so
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/README_PLUGIN_DCAP

References

gfal2-plugin-dcap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-dcap on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).