How To Install lfc-perl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lfc-perl on CentOS 7. lfc-perl is LCG File Catalog (LFC) perl bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lfc-perl on CentOS 7.

What is lfc-perl

The LCG File Catalog (LFC) keeps track of the locations of the physical replicas of the logical files in a distributed storage system. This package provides Perl bindings for the LFC client library.

We can use yum or dnf to install lfc-perl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lfc-perl.

Install lfc-perl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install lfc-perl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lfc-perl

Install lfc-perl 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 lfc-perl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lfc-perl

How To Uninstall lfc-perl on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lfc-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lfc-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lfc-perl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.