How To Install davfs2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install davfs2 on Rocky Linux 8. davfs2 is A filesystem driver for WebDAV

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install davfs2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is davfs2

davfs2 is a Linux file system driver that allows you to mount a WebDAV server as a disk drive.

We can use yum or dnf to install davfs2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install davfs2.

Install davfs2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install davfs2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install davfs2

Install davfs2 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install davfs2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install davfs2

How To Uninstall davfs2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the davfs2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove davfs2

davfs2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/davfs2
/etc/davfs2/certs
/etc/davfs2/certs/private
/etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf
/etc/davfs2/secrets
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/e8c8b754bf5124272e3d65e483e0729b0cb5c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/9ec1feb899091f37708b27175b614fc3b469c5
/usr/sbin/mount.davfs
/usr/sbin/umount.davfs
/usr/share/davfs2
/usr/share/davfs2/davfs2.conf
/usr/share/davfs2/secrets
/usr/share/doc/davfs2
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/README
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/README.translators
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/davfs2/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/davfs2
/usr/share/licenses/davfs2/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/davfs2.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/davfs2.mo
/usr/share/man/de/man5/davfs2.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/mount.davfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/umount.davfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/es/man5/davfs2.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/davfs2.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/mount.davfs.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/umount.davfs.8.gz
/var/cache/davfs2
/var/run/mount.davfs

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install davfs2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.