How To Install gfal2-plugin-gridftp on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-gridftp on Rocky Linux 8. gfal2-plugin-gridftp is Provides the gridftp support for gfal2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-gridftp on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. 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 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 gfal2-plugin-gridftp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gfal2-plugin-gridftp

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

sudo yum -y install gfal2-plugin-gridftp

How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-gridftp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove gfal2-plugin-gridftp

gfal2-plugin-gridftp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/gfal2.d/gsiftp_plugin.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/1bdc25768650262de1472b391107d6212115a4
/usr/lib64/gfal2-plugins/libgfal_plugin_gridftp.so
/usr/share/doc/gfal2/README_PLUGIN_GRIDFTP

References

gfal2-plugin-gridftp website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-gridftp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.