How To Install globus-gass-transfer on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gass-transfer on Rocky Linux 8. globus-gass-transfer is Grid Community Toolkit - Globus Gass Transfer

Introduction

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

What is globus-gass-transfer

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-gass-transfer package contains Globus Gass Transfer

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

Install globus-gass-transfer 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-gass-transfer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-gass-transfer

Install globus-gass-transfer 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-gass-transfer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-gass-transfer

How To Uninstall globus-gass-transfer on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove globus-gass-transfer

globus-gass-transfer Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/ca685658a75e679a064fefc15ab99cd27806f9
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gass_transfer.so.2
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gass_transfer.so.2.7.2
/usr/share/doc/globus-gass-transfer
/usr/share/doc/globus-gass-transfer/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gass-transfer
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gass-transfer/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

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