Information about the package, gfal2-plugin-xrootd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gfal2-plugin-xrootd package is designed for, Provide xrootd support for GFAL2.
Package Name:
gfal2-plugin-xrootd
Summary:
Provide xrootd support for GFAL2
Description:
The Grid File Access Library, GFAL2, provides a simple POSIX-like API for file operations in grid and cloud environments. Plug-ins are available to allow access via a variety of protocols. This package contains a plugin for the xrootd protocol (root://).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.15.4
Release:
1.el6
Size:
46 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the gfal2-plugin-xrootd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gfal2-plugin-xrootd
This command will install gfal2-plugin-xrootd on the server.
yum remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd
This command will un-install gfal2-plugin-xrootd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd
This command will un-install gfal2-plugin-xrootd on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd when using the -y flag.
yum update gfal2-plugin-xrootd
This command will update gfal2-plugin-xrootd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gfal2-plugin-xrootd
This command will update gfal2-plugin-xrootd to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gfal2-plugin-xrootd when using the -y flag.
yum info gfal2-plugin-xrootd
This command will show you core information about the gfal2-plugin-xrootd package.
yum deplist gfal2-plugin-xrootd
This command will show you the dependencies for gfal2-plugin-xrootd. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update gfal2-plugin-xrootd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gfal2-plugin-xrootd. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.