How To Install nordugrid-arc-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-client on Rocky Linux 8. nordugrid-arc-client is ARC command line clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `nordugrid-arc-client`

NorduGrid is a collaboration aiming at development, maintenance and support of the middleware, known as the Advanced Resource Connector (ARC). This client package contains all the CLI tools that are needed to operate with x509 proxies, submit and manage jobs and handle data transfers.

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

Install nordugrid-arc-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 nordugrid-arc-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nordugrid-arc-client

Install nordugrid-arc-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 nordugrid-arc-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nordugrid-arc-client

How To Uninstall nordugrid-arc-client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nordugrid-arc-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nordugrid-arc-client

nordugrid-arc-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/arc
/etc/arc/client.conf
/usr/bin/arccat
/usr/bin/arcclean
/usr/bin/arccp
/usr/bin/arcget
/usr/bin/arcinfo
/usr/bin/arckill
/usr/bin/arcls
/usr/bin/arcmkdir
/usr/bin/arcproxy
/usr/bin/arcrename
/usr/bin/arcrenew
/usr/bin/arcresub
/usr/bin/arcresume
/usr/bin/arcrm
/usr/bin/arcstat
/usr/bin/arcsub
/usr/bin/arcsync
/usr/bin/arctest
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/9fbb0f1f962a00b3bbfc2fbd92528a5ee2e2b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/4687cc6fc16f0a12bdbed2fcd7b794befaff39
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/668f96659c7654f3e8fd9a10e90fb5053d7136
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/31120b160db1c45b7f2bbe0719c0ecd7d9a9e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/d68995a53ff0276d5eb1310cdb4eff41ed3d54
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/613c4b30d3f0c6e6322beb3e8977d07bc7ea7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/ef1613a61c260c048280ff4ac8318b2df4bf3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/201ad790f777579a9d97b163d512aeb7ec125e
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/ca54ff3862919679573d35198d2e27c289716f
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/f3bd03766c2c1285465f161c40e2bae879b728
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/01226faeae78d00e8235d0da91f5a58828f874
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/d4de80611777109cef37c128e22aa806f62c63
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/49b1de56fcaf00f3800817d0ef17900f816f77
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/47bc82093f79f0f4ed17a5a621d47709e41149
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/02c9c72653e81354b1bef9bbace72f395cb493
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/43329abb6054feca15762442384ff2a9ee31d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/b222ac6c9b317251b57f6add02be58b878895c
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/cd024967639ee1c72f8a6306d5510b6baad6b8
/usr/share/arc/examples
/usr/share/arc/examples/client.conf
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/arc-client-tools
/usr/share/doc/nordugrid-arc-client
/usr/share/doc/nordugrid-arc-client/client.conf
/usr/share/man/man1/arccat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcclean.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arccp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcget.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcinfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arckill.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcmkdir.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcproxy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcrename.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcrenew.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcresub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcresume.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcrm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcstat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcsub.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arcsync.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arctest.1.gz

References

nordugrid-arc-client website

Summary

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