How To Install kafs-client-compat on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kafs-client-compat in Fedora 36. kafs-client-compat is AFS compatibility package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kafs-client-compat on Fedora 36.

What is `kafs-client-compat`

Compatibility package providing standard AFS names for tools such as aklog. This package must be uninstalled for kAFS to coexist with another AFS implementation (such as OpenAFS).

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

Install kafs-client-compat 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 kafs-client-compat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kafs-client-compat

Install kafs-client-compat 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 kafs-client-compat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kafs-client-compat

How To Uninstall kafs-client-compat on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the kafs-client-compat package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kafs-client-compat

kafs-client-compat Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/aklog
/usr/share/man/man1/aklog.1.gz

References

kafs-client-compat website

Summary

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