How To Install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal on CentOS 7. nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal is ARC GFAL2 plugins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal on CentOS 7.

What is nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal

NorduGrid is a collaboration aiming at development, maintenance and support of the middleware, known as the Advanced Resource Connector (ARC). ARC plugins for GFAL2. This allows third-party transfer and adds support for several extra transfer protocols (rfio, dcap, gsidcap). Support for specific protocols is provided by separate 3rd-party GFAL2 plugin packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal.

Install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal

Install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal 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 nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal

How To Uninstall nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc6-plugins-gfal on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.