How To Install globus-authz on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-authz on Rocky Linux 8. globus-authz is Grid Community Toolkit - Globus authz library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-authz on Rocky Linux 8.

What is globus-authz

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-authz package contains Globus authz library

We can use yum or dnf to install globus-authz on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install globus-authz.

Install globus-authz on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install globus-authz

Install globus-authz on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install globus-authz

How To Uninstall globus-authz on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove globus-authz

globus-authz Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/6d3dc87ef83cdc7a43e9c5ffd5df2977bc2b83
/usr/lib64/libglobus_authz.so.0
/usr/lib64/libglobus_authz.so.0.4.4
/usr/share/doc/globus-authz
/usr/share/doc/globus-authz/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-authz
/usr/share/licenses/globus-authz/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-authz on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.