How To Install globus-gfork-progs on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gfork-progs on Rocky Linux 8.
What is globus-gfork-progs
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install globus-gfork-progs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install globus-gfork-progs.
Install globus-gfork-progs 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-progs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install globus-gfork-progs
Install globus-gfork-progs 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-progs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install globus-gfork-progs
How To Uninstall globus-gfork-progs on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the globus-gfork-progs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove globus-gfork-progs
globus-gfork-progs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/gfork.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/92a3470b6daa092098a02d7095df28abd475a6
/usr/sbin/gfork
/usr/share/doc/globus-gfork/README.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gfork-progs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.