Information about the package, gfal2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gfal2 package is designed for, Grid file access library 2.0.
Package Name:
gfal2
Summary:
Grid file access library 2.0
Description:
GFAL 2.0 offers an a single and simple POSIX-like API for the file operations in grids and cloud environments. The set of supported protocols depends of the gfal2 installed plugins.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.15.4
Release:
1.el6
Size:
74 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the gfal2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gfal2
This command will install gfal2 on the server.
yum remove gfal2
This command will un-install gfal2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gfal2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gfal2
This command will un-install gfal2 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update gfal2
This command will update gfal2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gfal2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gfal2
This command will update gfal2 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info gfal2
This command will show you core information about the gfal2 package.
yum deplist gfal2
This command will show you the dependencies for gfal2. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gfal2. 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.