How To Install gfal2-util on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-util
on CentOS 7.
What is gfal2-util
gfal2-util is a set of basic utility tools for file interactions and file copy based on the GFAL 2.0 toolkit. gfal2-util supports the protocols of GFAL 2.0 gridFTP, http(s), SRM, xrootd, etc…
We can use yum
or dnf
to install gfal2-util
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gfal2-util.
Install gfal2-util 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-util
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gfal2-util
Install gfal2-util 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-util
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gfal2-util
How To Uninstall gfal2-util on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the gfal2-util
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gfal2-util
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfal2-util
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.