How To Install globus-common-progs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-common-progs on Rocky Linux 8. globus-common-progs is Grid Community Toolkit - Common Library Programs

Introduction

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

What is `globus-common-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-common-progs package contains Common Library Programs

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

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

sudo dnf -y install globus-common-progs

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

sudo yum -y install globus-common-progs

How To Uninstall globus-common-progs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove globus-common-progs

globus-common-progs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/globus-domainname
/usr/bin/globus-hostname
/usr/bin/globus-sh-exec
/usr/bin/globus-version
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/fdbba8193120f09de90b276b18bcdc82e3528c
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/c9bfe9bbed4d2819b580586a3fe875858e6688
/usr/sbin/globus-libc-hostname
/usr/sbin/globus-redia
/usr/share/globus
/usr/share/globus/config.guess
/usr/share/globus/globus-args-parser-header
/usr/share/globus/globus-script-initializer
/usr/share/globus/globus-script-initializer.x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
/usr/share/globus/globus-sh-tools-vars.sh
/usr/share/globus/globus-sh-tools.sh
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-domainname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-hostname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-sh-exec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-version.1.gz

References

globus-common-progs website

Summary

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