How To Install globus-xio-gsi-driver on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-xio-gsi-driver on Rocky Linux 8. globus-xio-gsi-driver is Grid Community Toolkit - Globus XIO GSI Driver

Introduction

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

What is globus-xio-gsi-driver

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-xio-gsi-driver package contains Globus XIO GSI Driver

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

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

sudo dnf -y install globus-xio-gsi-driver

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

sudo yum -y install globus-xio-gsi-driver

How To Uninstall globus-xio-gsi-driver on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove globus-xio-gsi-driver

globus-xio-gsi-driver Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/5f37144e7d3ff63638cae2770ef692278eba4d
/usr/lib64/libglobus_xio_gsi_driver.so
/usr/share/doc/globus-xio-gsi-driver
/usr/share/doc/globus-xio-gsi-driver/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-xio-gsi-driver
/usr/share/licenses/globus-xio-gsi-driver/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

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