How To Install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd on Debian 10

Learn how to install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd on Debian 10 with this tutorial. nordugrid-arc-gridftpd is ARC GridFTP server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd on Debian 10.

What is nordugrid-arc-gridftpd

nordugrid-arc-gridftpd is:

NorduGrid is a collaboration aiming at development, maintenance and support of the free Grid middleware, known as the Advanced Resource Connector (ARC).

This package contains the ARC GridFTP server which is implemented using original Globus tools, but extended with a plugin framework and other functionalities.

Current plugins include:

fileplugin : Standard GridFTP server based on Globus globus-ftp-control jobplugin : Classical ARC job submission interface

There are three methods to install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd

Install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd

Install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd

How To Uninstall nordugrid-arc-gridftpd on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove nordugrid-arc-gridftpd

Uninstall nordugrid-arc-gridftpd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nordugrid-arc-gridftpd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nordugrid-arc-gridftpd

Remove nordugrid-arc-gridftpd Configurations and Data

To remove nordugrid-arc-gridftpd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nordugrid-arc-gridftpd

Remove nordugrid-arc-gridftpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nordugrid-arc-gridftpd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nordugrid-arc-gridftpd

Dependencies

nordugrid-arc-gridftpd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-gridftpd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.