How To Install glite-lb-utils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install glite-lb-utils on CentOS 7. glite-lb-utils is gLite Logging and Bookkeeping auxiliary utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glite-lb-utils on CentOS 7.

What is glite-lb-utils

glite-lb-utils are gLite LB utilities used for dumping (glite-lb-dump) and purging (glite-lb-purge) data from LB server, for loading (glite-lb-load) data to server, for real time monitoring (glite-lb-mon) and post-mortem statistics (glite-lb-statistics).

We can use yum or dnf to install glite-lb-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glite-lb-utils.

Install glite-lb-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install glite-lb-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glite-lb-utils

Install glite-lb-utils on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install glite-lb-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glite-lb-utils

How To Uninstall glite-lb-utils on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the glite-lb-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glite-lb-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glite-lb-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.