How to Install and Uninstall gfal2 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "gfal2" package

Please follow the guidance below to install gfal2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gfal2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gfal2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gfal2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gfal2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gfal2 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gfal2
Architecture: all
Version: 2.18.2-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mattias Ellert
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14
Depends: libgfal2-2, libgfal-transfer2
Recommends: gfal2-plugin-file, gfal2-plugin-dcap, gfal2-plugin-srm, gfal2-plugin-gridftp, gfal2-plugin-http, gfal2-plugin-sftp
Filename: pool/universe/g/gfal2/gfal2_2.18.2-1_all.deb
Size: 2852
MD5sum: 7fef35570f603909c3f993671fc00140
SHA1: 7060439ca2860a4f367673d23c4b6df614c433a7
SHA256: 75026629dabc2ff9e8b989a690b2adc08b8efe842da696588b297708a2bc3691
SHA512: 97063a63c8b9939006ecf9e09b2080ba5f73feb856748cbf9e6d78e34484d388e24953364cf0cf1f5ee0614acd9363ee64eb4356aefb10e31410da8037cee96b
Homepage: https://dmc.web.cern.ch/projects/gfal-2/home
Description-en: Grid file access library 2.0
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 on the gfal2 installed plugins.
Description-md5: 7a3fa6327570ef18a7480a37da38fb99