How To Install gvfs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs on Rocky Linux 8. gvfs is Backends for the gio framework in GLib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gvfs`

The gvfs package provides backend implementations for the gio framework in GLib. It includes ftp, sftp, cifs.

We can use yum or dnf to install gvfs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gvfs.

Install gvfs 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gvfs

Install gvfs 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gvfs

How To Uninstall gvfs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gvfs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gvfs

gvfs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/29acd8fde573a691832cd466fbef4a7540c1a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/d95c2b4fd2556436806d8bb983a3f8a2591597
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/07f5fd012e9482b6b94bf12ee97ee7fe28ff71
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/6f9029de2057347b34dd3ac6f1d3b62a029ae0
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/84a5a33751b8ac3f233827df6766864a22a7e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/e924f134510dd831bc74e143cc7d651398a2b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/099be6abc233f89f409dc5351b78e5ef637b9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/c6625f9df655f8bf3502faa4dda43feaca6e27
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/6ac1c05fc271105b9aeca75330c0994106fa04
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/b12dbc7f1d3944395d2482a38a866f04e2dbdf
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/268a54f6f725d6a3db970c2d5b140722569add
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/662a4dac86f46430a6e3ccaaac7a15fbbf0f7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/4f7ac705bd07c6ab363a5726308b2436f84a79
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/e5029eb53638fa7fa38ff4f237dafc70d18cea
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/10cef25c9a6778dc4107b7cb284dace635ce90
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/265cdce64237a363035b8becdec1278801f1c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/5b5f8633ec5a6ba8bbf26682b9e28ad6949675
/usr/lib/gvfs/libgvfsdaemon.so
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-daemon.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-metadata.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor.service
/usr/libexec/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
/usr/libexec/gvfsd
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-admin
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-burn
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-cdda
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-computer
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-dav
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-dnssd
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-ftp
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-http
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-localtest
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-metadata
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-network
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-recent
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-sftp
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-trash
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/gvfs-dns-sd.convert
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/gvfs-smb.convert
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.Daemon.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.Metadata.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.UDisks2VolumeMonitor.service
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.system.dns_sd.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.system.gvfs.enums.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.system.smb.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gvfs
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/admin.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/burn.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/cdda.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/computer.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/dav+sd.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/dav.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/dns-sd.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/ftp.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/ftps.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/http.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/localtest.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/network.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/recent.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/sftp.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/trash.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors
/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/udisks2.monitor
/usr/share/man/man1/gvfsd-metadata.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gvfsd.1.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gtk.vfs.file-operations.policy
/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/org.gtk.vfs.file-operations.rules
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/3fb4fe2b4db85358e727c1272da0c089893516
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/9e55dc0af572afd464b23fda5d6767b850ede6
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/f526252a538e16d00702b1db2bd158dc3e70fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/89ed93bc50c5223d805efb64f07713af9df22f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/4148fdd3ff046839624b5ec24ec931ecbd0835
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/a41faaad392e3f84aadf3d068887e2431408b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/477a2df32d302780961d500558c363b2305ccb
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/459ffc73dcc2d21f9ba3c8df89e6f3c432c05f
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/e44bfabe40257fa744f04034fcb2c1900926a2
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/3f31f5cdbf441d80a33d8d46b1a0bf02a29b0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/46dade29bb1a660427849efd87932358b31dd3
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/4db4d924ebc20993044679193e11f0755cc542
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/ba728765798d502fa9cd2ef325f398109b5225
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/a67aa9043ad8c981186d6eaac0743746ccdfb6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/fbd18565e0e1bfebe316863f1ebaf6db97e1a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/9d36c64c47921f9f3a8ab3ccacca92190c2d83
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/4e7d9981dfff1a6fb148b372e205491f363b84
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-daemon.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-metadata.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor.service
/usr/lib64/gvfs/libgvfsdaemon.so
/usr/libexec/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
/usr/libexec/gvfsd
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-admin
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-burn
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-cdda
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-computer
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-dav
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-dnssd
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-ftp
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-http
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-localtest
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-metadata
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-network
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-recent
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-sftp
/usr/libexec/gvfsd-trash
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/gvfs-dns-sd.convert
/usr/share/GConf/gsettings/gvfs-smb.convert
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.Daemon.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.Metadata.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.gtk.vfs.UDisks2VolumeMonitor.service
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.system.dns_sd.gschema.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.system.gvfs.enums.xml
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.system.smb.gschema.xml
/usr/share/gvfs
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/admin.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/burn.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/cdda.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/computer.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/dav+sd.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/dav.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/dns-sd.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/ftp.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/ftps.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/http.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/localtest.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/network.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/recent.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/sftp.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/trash.mount
/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors
/usr/share/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors/udisks2.monitor
/usr/share/man/man1/gvfsd-metadata.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gvfsd.1.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.gtk.vfs.file-operations.policy
/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/org.gtk.vfs.file-operations.rules

References

gvfs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gvfs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.