How To Install gfal2-plugin-gridftp on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-gridftp on CentOS 7. gfal2-plugin-gridftp is Provides the gridftp support for gfal2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-gridftp on CentOS 7.

What is gfal2-plugin-gridftp

Provides the gridftp support (gsiftp The gridftp plugin provides the POSIX operations and the third party transfer support on the GSIFTP URLs.

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

Install gfal2-plugin-gridftp on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gfal2-plugin-gridftp

Install gfal2-plugin-gridftp 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 gfal2-plugin-gridftp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gfal2-plugin-gridftp

How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-gridftp on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gfal2-plugin-gridftp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gfal2-plugin-gridftp

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Summary

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