How to Install and Uninstall gfal2-plugin-file Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "gfal2-plugin-file" package

This tutorial shows how to install gfal2-plugin-file on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gfal2-plugin-file" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gfal2-plugin-file on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gfal2-plugin-file package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gfal2-plugin-file
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.19.0-3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: gfal2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mattias Ellert
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 43
Depends: libgfal2-2 (= 2.19.0-3), libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gfal2/gfal2-plugin-file_2.19.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 8520
MD5sum: 42018297a7493e2a282b6c2b4fecb65a
SHA1: b907ce94d339596880c64c229dc85c2cc7324d0e
SHA256: cfc045e7cc8d7421176bfe53610d5901dac1cfe5315a2ffd2f0f7a16be532f0d
SHA512: fdec7b133e6598efee72d90e6ef59e00a62a6f2edd40d23f976cfbc674125b8126c872bbc50ed11db488658f9d49fdf02fadbc6ea2b75372b131cbe12bb61c53
Homepage: https://dmc-docs.web.cern.ch/dmc-docs/gfal2/gfal2.html
Description-en: Provides file support for gfal2
Provides the file support (file://) for gfal2. The file plugin
provides local file operations, as copying from local to remote or
the other way around.
Description-md5: ba3e5fbe395f43c022888d8e1dc0b9c3