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

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

Introduction

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

What is globus-gram-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-gram-client package contains GRAM Client Library

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

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

sudo dnf -y install globus-gram-client

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

sudo yum -y install globus-gram-client

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

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

sudo dnf remove globus-gram-client

globus-gram-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/90c5707d05990e079cb3441088b6c6a5ffa9e9
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gram_client.so.3
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gram_client.so.3.11.4
/usr/share/doc/globus-gram-client
/usr/share/doc/globus-gram-client/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gram-client
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gram-client/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

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