How To Install gfal2-plugin-dcap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-dcap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gfal2-plugin-dcap
gfal2-plugin-dcap is:
Provides the dcap support (gsidcap://, dcap://) for gfal2. The dcap plugin provides the POSIX operations for the dcap URLs, the dcap protocol is used on the DCACHE storage system.
There are three methods to install gfal2-plugin-dcap on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gfal2-plugin-dcap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gfal2-plugin-dcap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfal2-plugin-dcap
Install gfal2-plugin-dcap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfal2-plugin-dcap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfal2-plugin-dcap
Install gfal2-plugin-dcap Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gfal2-plugin-dcap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfal2-plugin-dcap
How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-dcap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gfal2-plugin-dcap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfal2-plugin-dcap
Uninstall gfal2-plugin-dcap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfal2-plugin-dcap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfal2-plugin-dcap
Remove gfal2-plugin-dcap Configurations and Data
To remove gfal2-plugin-dcap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfal2-plugin-dcap
Remove gfal2-plugin-dcap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfal2-plugin-dcap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfal2-plugin-dcap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-dcap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
