How To Install globus-common on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-common on Rocky Linux 8. globus-common is Grid Community Toolkit - Common Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-common on Rocky Linux 8.

What is globus-common

The Grid Community Toolkit (GCT) is an open source software toolkit used for building grid systems and applications. It is a fork of the Globus Toolkit originally created by the Globus Alliance. It is supported by the Grid Community Forum (GridCF) that provides community-based support for core software packages in grid computing. The globus-common package contains Common Library

We can use yum or dnf to install globus-common on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install globus-common.

Install globus-common on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install globus-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-common

Install globus-common on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install globus-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-common

How To Uninstall globus-common on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the globus-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-common

globus-common Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/2b7051566fd7ba25f83484dfdc47d41ceb94e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/18a9e4c5cac74630ab232b6349bc2b68afe6c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/01de23668bc5ae055025e490b8547e540047e0
/usr/lib64/libglobus_common.so.0
/usr/lib64/libglobus_common.so.0.18.9
/usr/lib64/libglobus_memory_debug.so.0
/usr/lib64/libglobus_memory_debug.so.0.18.9
/usr/lib64/libglobus_thread_pthread.so
/usr/share/doc/globus-common
/usr/share/doc/globus-common/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-common
/usr/share/licenses/globus-common/GLOBUS_LICENSE
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus/Core
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus/Core/Config.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus/Core/Paths.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-common on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.