How To Install gnome-vfs2-smb on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-vfs2-smb in Fedora 36. gnome-vfs2-smb is Windows fileshare support for gnome-vfs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-vfs2-smb on Fedora 36.

What is `gnome-vfs2-smb`

This package provides support for reading and writing files on windows shares (SMB) to applications using GNOME VFS.

We can use yum or dnf to install gnome-vfs2-smb on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnome-vfs2-smb.

Install gnome-vfs2-smb 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 gnome-vfs2-smb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gnome-vfs2-smb

Install gnome-vfs2-smb 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 gnome-vfs2-smb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnome-vfs2-smb

How To Uninstall gnome-vfs2-smb on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gnome-vfs2-smb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnome-vfs2-smb

gnome-vfs2-smb Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/smb-module.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/fffa508f84229970a6d1030d63bc4d97bf6228
/usr/lib64/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libsmb.so

References

gnome-vfs2-smb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-vfs2-smb on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).