How To Install globus-gfork-progs on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gfork-progs on Debian 12.
What is globus-gfork-progs
globus-gfork-progs is:
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-progs package contains: GFork Programs - GFork is user configurable super-server daemon very similar to xinetd. It listens on a TCP port. When clients connect to a port it runs an administrator defined program which services that client connection, just as x/inetd do.
There are three methods to install globus-gfork-progs on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install globus-gfork-progs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install globus-gfork-progs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install globus-gfork-progs
Install globus-gfork-progs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install globus-gfork-progs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install globus-gfork-progs
Install globus-gfork-progs Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install globus-gfork-progs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install globus-gfork-progs
How To Uninstall globus-gfork-progs on Debian 12
To uninstall only the globus-gfork-progs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove globus-gfork-progs
Uninstall globus-gfork-progs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall globus-gfork-progs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove globus-gfork-progs
Remove globus-gfork-progs Configurations and Data
To remove globus-gfork-progs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge globus-gfork-progs
Remove globus-gfork-progs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove globus-gfork-progs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge globus-gfork-progs
Dependencies
globus-gfork-progs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gfork-progs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.