How To Install globus-gfork-progs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gfork-progs on Rocky Linux 8. globus-gfork-progs is Grid Community Toolkit - GFork Programs

Introduction

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

What is globus-gfork-progs

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-gfork-progs package contains GFork Programs - GFork is user configurable super-server daemon very similar to xinetd. It listens on a TCP port. When clients connect to a port it runs an administrator defined program which services that client connection, just as x/inetd do.

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

Install globus-gfork-progs 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-gfork-progs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-gfork-progs

Install globus-gfork-progs 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-gfork-progs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-gfork-progs

How To Uninstall globus-gfork-progs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove globus-gfork-progs

globus-gfork-progs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/gfork.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/92a3470b6daa092098a02d7095df28abd475a6
/usr/sbin/gfork
/usr/share/doc/globus-gfork/README.txt

References

Summary

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