How To Install globus-gss-assist-progs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gss-assist-progs in Fedora 36. globus-gss-assist-progs is Grid Community Toolkit - GSSAPI Assist library Programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gss-assist-progs on Fedora 36.

What is `globus-gss-assist-progs`

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-gss-assist-progs package contains GSSAPI Assist library Programs

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

Install globus-gss-assist-progs 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-gss-assist-progs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-gss-assist-progs

Install globus-gss-assist-progs 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-gss-assist-progs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-gss-assist-progs

How To Uninstall globus-gss-assist-progs on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the globus-gss-assist-progs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-gss-assist-progs

globus-gss-assist-progs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/sbin/grid-mapfile-add-entry
/usr/sbin/grid-mapfile-check-consistency
/usr/sbin/grid-mapfile-delete-entry
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gss-assist-progs
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gss-assist-progs/GLOBUS_LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/grid-mapfile-add-entry.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/grid-mapfile-check-consistency.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/grid-mapfile-delete-entry.8.gz

References

globus-gss-assist-progs website

Summary

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