How To Install gfalFS on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfalFS
on CentOS 7.
What is gfalFS
gfalFS is a filesystem based on FUSE capable of operating on remote storage systems managed by GFAL 2.0. This include the common file access protocols in lcg ( SRM, GRIDFTP, DCAP, RFIO, LFN, …). The practical effect is that the user can seamlessly interact with grid and cloud storage systems just as if they were local files.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install gfalFS
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gfalFS.
Install gfalFS on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install gfalFS
using yum
by running the following command:
Install gfalFS 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.
After updating yum database, We can install gfalFS
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall gfalFS on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the gfalFS
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfalFS
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.