How To Install globus-ftp-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-ftp-client on Rocky Linux 8. globus-ftp-client is Grid Community Toolkit - GridFTP Client Library

Introduction

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

What is globus-ftp-client

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-ftp-client package contains GridFTP Client Library

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

Install globus-ftp-client 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-ftp-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-ftp-client

Install globus-ftp-client 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-ftp-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-ftp-client

How To Uninstall globus-ftp-client on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove globus-ftp-client

globus-ftp-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/67ddf2d01935c7e13d4457fb4e1409798dcfbc
/usr/lib64/libglobus_ftp_client.so.2
/usr/lib64/libglobus_ftp_client.so.2.7.5
/usr/share/doc/globus-ftp-client
/usr/share/doc/globus-ftp-client/README
/usr/share/globus
/usr/share/globus/gridftp-ssh
/usr/share/licenses/globus-ftp-client
/usr/share/licenses/globus-ftp-client/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

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