How To Install globus-gass-server-ez on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `globus-gass-server-ez`

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-server-ez package contains Globus Gass Server_ez

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

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

sudo dnf -y install globus-gass-server-ez

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

sudo yum -y install globus-gass-server-ez

How To Uninstall globus-gass-server-ez on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove globus-gass-server-ez

globus-gass-server-ez Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/e6e0f1894398ea4aac7bd00b60ca7131a40429
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gass_server_ez.so.2
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gass_server_ez.so.2.4.1
/usr/share/doc/globus-gass-server-ez
/usr/share/doc/globus-gass-server-ez/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gass-server-ez
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gass-server-ez/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

globus-gass-server-ez website

Summary

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