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

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

Introduction

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

What is `globus-gram-protocol`

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-protocol package contains GRAM Protocol Library

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

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

sudo dnf -y install globus-gram-protocol

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

sudo yum -y install globus-gram-protocol

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

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

sudo dnf remove globus-gram-protocol

globus-gram-protocol Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/fcfd2f501a0a29b7d7bc6e396d931f45b27da2
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gram_protocol.so.3
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gram_protocol.so.3.10.4
/usr/share/doc/globus-gram-protocol
/usr/share/doc/globus-gram-protocol/README
/usr/share/globus
/usr/share/globus/globus-gram-protocol-constants.sh
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gram-protocol
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gram-protocol/GLOBUS_LICENSE
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus/GRAM
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus/GRAM/Error.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus/GRAM/JobSignal.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Globus/GRAM/JobState.pm

References

globus-gram-protocol website

Summary

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