How To Install gfal2-plugin-rfio on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-rfio on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gfal2-plugin-rfio
gfal2-plugin-rfio is:
Provides the rfio support (rfio://) for gfal2. The rfio plugin provides the POSIX operations for the rfio URLs, the rfio protocol is used on the DPM and on the Castor storage systems.
There are three methods to install gfal2-plugin-rfio 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-rfio 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-rfio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfal2-plugin-rfio
Install gfal2-plugin-rfio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfal2-plugin-rfio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfal2-plugin-rfio
Install gfal2-plugin-rfio 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-rfio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfal2-plugin-rfio
How To Uninstall gfal2-plugin-rfio on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gfal2-plugin-rfio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfal2-plugin-rfio
Uninstall gfal2-plugin-rfio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfal2-plugin-rfio 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-rfio
Remove gfal2-plugin-rfio Configurations and Data
To remove gfal2-plugin-rfio configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfal2-plugin-rfio
Remove gfal2-plugin-rfio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfal2-plugin-rfio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfal2-plugin-rfio
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-plugin-rfio package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
