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

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gass-cache on Rocky Linux 8. globus-gass-cache is Grid Community Toolkit - Globus Gass Cache

Introduction

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

What is globus-gass-cache

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 package contains Globus Gass Cache

We can use yum or dnf to install globus-gass-cache 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.

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

sudo dnf -y install globus-gass-cache

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

sudo yum -y install globus-gass-cache

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

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

sudo dnf remove globus-gass-cache

globus-gass-cache Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/6d82c813578ae4e3e96af1096474d258e5797c
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gass_cache.so.5
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gass_cache.so.5.5.2
/usr/share/doc/globus-gass-cache
/usr/share/doc/globus-gass-cache/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gass-cache
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gass-cache/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

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