How To Install dynafed-tpc-gfal2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dynafed-tpc-gfal2 on CentOS 7. dynafed-tpc-gfal2 is Third party copy (TPC) scripts using gfal2 for dynafed

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dynafed-tpc-gfal2 on CentOS 7.

What is dynafed-tpc-gfal2

Scripts that implement the cross-protocol third party copy (TPC) using gfal2

We can use yum or dnf to install dynafed-tpc-gfal2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dynafed-tpc-gfal2.

Install dynafed-tpc-gfal2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install dynafed-tpc-gfal2

Install dynafed-tpc-gfal2 on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install dynafed-tpc-gfal2

How To Uninstall dynafed-tpc-gfal2 on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove dynafed-tpc-gfal2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dynafed-tpc-gfal2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.