How To Install globus-gsi-credential on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gsi-credential on Rocky Linux 8. globus-gsi-credential is Grid Community Toolkit - Globus GSI Credential Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gsi-credential on Rocky Linux 8.

What is globus-gsi-credential

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-gsi-credential package contains Globus GSI Credential Library

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

Install globus-gsi-credential 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-gsi-credential using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-gsi-credential

Install globus-gsi-credential 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-gsi-credential using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-gsi-credential

How To Uninstall globus-gsi-credential on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the globus-gsi-credential package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-gsi-credential

globus-gsi-credential Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/54cc7292435dd123c71562257964a4423838eb
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gsi_credential.so.1
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gsi_credential.so.1.7.2
/usr/share/doc/globus-gsi-credential
/usr/share/doc/globus-gsi-credential/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gsi-credential
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gsi-credential/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

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