How To Install globus-rsl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-rsl on Rocky Linux 8. globus-rsl is Grid Community Toolkit - Resource Specification Language Library

Introduction

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

What is globus-rsl

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-rsl package contains Resource Specification Language Library

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

Install globus-rsl 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-rsl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-rsl

Install globus-rsl 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-rsl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-rsl

How To Uninstall globus-rsl on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove globus-rsl

globus-rsl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/bb7fb37031a7a18f74ca9e3b7f5e6649f10bee
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/bbbe607ee50260f4687e60b83c16d505879606
/usr/lib64/libglobus_rsl.so.2
/usr/lib64/libglobus_rsl.so.2.9.2
/usr/lib64/libglobus_rsl_assist.so.2
/usr/lib64/libglobus_rsl_assist.so.2.9.2
/usr/share/doc/globus-rsl
/usr/share/doc/globus-rsl/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-rsl
/usr/share/licenses/globus-rsl/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

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