How To Install globus-ftp-control on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-ftp-control on Rocky Linux 8. globus-ftp-control is Grid Community Toolkit - GridFTP Control Library

Introduction

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

What is globus-ftp-control

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-ftp-control package contains GridFTP Control Library

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

Install globus-ftp-control 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-ftp-control using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-ftp-control

Install globus-ftp-control 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-ftp-control using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-ftp-control

How To Uninstall globus-ftp-control on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove globus-ftp-control

globus-ftp-control Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/81aca084bf8d3aadab66219e7e22972a48b708
/usr/lib64/libglobus_ftp_control.so.1
/usr/lib64/libglobus_ftp_control.so.1.8.6
/usr/share/doc/globus-ftp-control
/usr/share/doc/globus-ftp-control/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-ftp-control
/usr/share/licenses/globus-ftp-control/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

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