How To Install globus-gass-cache-program on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gass-cache-program on Rocky Linux 8. globus-gass-cache-program is Grid Community Toolkit - Tools to manipulate local and remote GASS caches

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gass-cache-program on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `globus-gass-cache-program`

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-gass-cache-program package contains Tools to manipulate local and remote GASS caches

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

Install globus-gass-cache-program 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-gass-cache-program using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-gass-cache-program

Install globus-gass-cache-program 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-gass-cache-program using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-gass-cache-program

How To Uninstall globus-gass-cache-program on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the globus-gass-cache-program package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-gass-cache-program

globus-gass-cache-program Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/globus-gass-cache
/usr/bin/globus-gass-cache-destroy
/usr/bin/globus-gass-cache-util
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/1ca2adf66d0d00bc6813f6a717e9d9f6cf12ce
/usr/share/doc/globus-gass-cache-program
/usr/share/doc/globus-gass-cache-program/README
/usr/share/globus
/usr/share/globus/globus-gass-cache-util.pl
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gass-cache-program
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gass-cache-program/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

globus-gass-cache-program website

Summary

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