How To Install gvfs-mtp on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-mtp on Rocky Linux 8.
What is gvfs-mtp
This package provides support for reading and writing files on MTP based devices (Media Transfer Protocol) to applications using gvfs.
We can use yum or dnf to install gvfs-mtp on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gvfs-mtp.
Install gvfs-mtp 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 gvfs-mtp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gvfs-mtp
Install gvfs-mtp 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 gvfs-mtp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gvfs-mtp
How To Uninstall gvfs-mtp on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the gvfs-mtp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gvfs-mtp
gvfs-mtp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/14086447d73731e8c2cfc034d071cee16108d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/1dcbb0f66c8976a9d96b9e035962888aa74d2c
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor.service
/usr/libexec/gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-mtp
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.MTPVolumeMonitor.service
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/mtp.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/mtp.monitor
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs-mtp on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.