How To Install glite-px-proxyrenewal on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install glite-px-proxyrenewal on CentOS 7. glite-px-proxyrenewal is gLite proxyrenewal renews existing proxy certificates for grid

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glite-px-proxyrenewal on CentOS 7.

What is glite-px-proxyrenewal

The daemon is responsible for secure and controlled way of periodical renewal of user proxy certificates. Its primary goal is to support long-time jobs running on the grid.

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

Install glite-px-proxyrenewal 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-px-proxyrenewal using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glite-px-proxyrenewal

Install glite-px-proxyrenewal 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-px-proxyrenewal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glite-px-proxyrenewal

How To Uninstall glite-px-proxyrenewal on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the glite-px-proxyrenewal package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glite-px-proxyrenewal

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Summary

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