How to Install and Uninstall gfal2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "gfal2" package

This is a short guide on how to install gfal2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall gfal2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gfal2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 12
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mattias Ellert
Architecture: all
Version: 2.10.2-1
Depends: libgfal2-2, libgfal-transfer2
Recommends: gfal2-plugin-file, gfal2-plugin-lfc, gfal2-plugin-rfio, gfal2-plugin-dcap, gfal2-plugin-srm, gfal2-plugin-gridftp, gfal2-plugin-http
Filename: pool/universe/g/gfal2/gfal2_2.10.2-1_all.deb
Size: 1904
MD5sum: 28830fa2e0d77261d842db246559eb16
SHA1: 1cbf8c80903cd980591cd5823bd27ccf44e4793e
SHA256: 4f864cac0a06c5d30d3ee92d06a3fe157c7e5ed6f6741249e6790d83245a9deb
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://dmc.web.cern.ch/projects/gfal-2/home
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu