How To Install globus-gatekeeper on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gatekeeper in Fedora 36. globus-gatekeeper is Grid Community Toolkit - Globus Gatekeeper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gatekeeper on Fedora 36.

What is `globus-gatekeeper`

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-gatekeeper package contains Globus Gatekeeper

We can use yum or dnf to install globus-gatekeeper on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install globus-gatekeeper.

Install globus-gatekeeper on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install globus-gatekeeper

Install globus-gatekeeper on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install globus-gatekeeper

How To Uninstall globus-gatekeeper on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove globus-gatekeeper

globus-gatekeeper Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/grid-services
/etc/grid-services/available
/etc/logrotate.d/globus-gatekeeper
/etc/sysconfig/globus-gatekeeper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/6b8fca7938b661ef06ab8d6e062a10a99ca6c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/fef8d14752f6d9253ef42bdb84c12517798ee3
/usr/lib/systemd/system/globus-gatekeeper.service
/usr/sbin/globus-gatekeeper
/usr/sbin/globus-k5
/usr/share/doc/globus-gatekeeper
/usr/share/doc/globus-gatekeeper/README
/usr/share/doc/globus-gatekeeper/README.Fedora
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gatekeeper
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gatekeeper/GLOBUS_LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/globus-gatekeeper.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/globus-k5.8.gz

References

globus-gatekeeper website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gatekeeper on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).