How To Install globus-gfork-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gfork-devel on Rocky Linux 8. globus-gfork-devel is Grid Community Toolkit - GFork Development Files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gfork-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is globus-gfork-devel

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-gfork-devel package contains GFork Development Files

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

Install globus-gfork-devel 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-gfork-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-gfork-devel

Install globus-gfork-devel 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-gfork-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-gfork-devel

How To Uninstall globus-gfork-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the globus-gfork-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-gfork-devel

globus-gfork-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/globus/globus_gfork.h
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gfork.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/globus-gfork.pc

References

Summary

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