How To Install edg-mkgridmap on CentOS 8

edg-mkgridmap is A tool to build the grid map-file from VO servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install edg-mkgridmap on CentOS 8.

What is edg-mkgridmap

edg-mkgridmap is a tool to build the grid map-file from VO servers, taking into account both VO and local policies.

We can use yum or dnf to install edg-mkgridmap on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install edg-mkgridmap.

Install edg-mkgridmap on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install edg-mkgridmap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install edg-mkgridmap

Install edg-mkgridmap on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install edg-mkgridmap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install edg-mkgridmap

How To Uninstall edg-mkgridmap on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the edg-mkgridmap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove edg-mkgridmap

edg-mkgridmap Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/libexec/edg-mkgridmap
/usr/libexec/edg-mkgridmap/edg-mkgridmap.pl
/usr/sbin/edg-mkgridmap
/usr/share/doc/edg-mkgridmap
/usr/share/doc/edg-mkgridmap/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/edg-mkgridmap/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/edg-mkgridmap/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/man/man5/edg-mkgridmap.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/edg-mkgridmap.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install edg-mkgridmap on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.