How To Install gfal2 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2 in Fedora 36. gfal2 is Grid file access library 2.0

Introduction

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

What is gfal2

GFAL 2.0 offers an a single and simple POSIX-like API for the file operations in grids and cloud environments. The set of supported protocols depends of the gfal2 installed plugins.

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

Install gfal2 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gfal2

Install gfal2 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gfal2

How To Uninstall gfal2 on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gfal2

gfal2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/gfal2.d
/etc/gfal2.d/bdii.conf
/etc/gfal2.d/gfal2_core.conf
/etc/gfal2.d/x509.conf
/usr/bin/gfal2_version
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/eaefd05804696207982a4b9a1eac2cea1c84da
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/fe01eaf0c43766e43541bbaab3069775e0f47a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/de275a11247d7faeeb63e371c86053a7a80249
/usr/lib64/gfal2-plugins
/usr/lib64/libgfal2.so.2
/usr/lib64/libgfal2.so.2.20.5
/usr/lib64/libgfal_transfer.so.2
/usr/lib64/libgfal_transfer.so.2.20.5
/usr/share/doc/gfal2
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/DESCRIPTION
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/README.md
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/RELEASE-NOTES
/usr/share/man/man1/gfal2_version.1.gz

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

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

What is gfal2

GFAL 2.0 offers an a single and simple POSIX-like API for the file operations in grids and cloud environments. The set of supported protocols depends of the gfal2 installed plugins.

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

Install gfal2 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gfal2

Install gfal2 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gfal2

How To Uninstall gfal2 on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove gfal2

gfal2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/gfal2.d
/etc/gfal2.d/bdii.conf
/etc/gfal2.d/gfal2_core.conf
/etc/gfal2.d/x509.conf
/usr/bin/gfal2_version
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/08da8ac6efbb07001876f039c851525a551dc0
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/d2a1043d0d4065866c4f55abeefa53346eece9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/928100acd6cbeb498183c6ef60f8a1ee18b758
/usr/lib/gfal2-plugins
/usr/lib/libgfal2.so.2
/usr/lib/libgfal2.so.2.20.5
/usr/lib/libgfal_transfer.so.2
/usr/lib/libgfal_transfer.so.2.20.5
/usr/share/doc/gfal2
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/DESCRIPTION
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/README.md
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/RELEASE-NOTES
/usr/share/man/man1/gfal2_version.1.gz

References

Summary

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