How To Install globus-gram-client-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gram-client-tools on Rocky Linux 8. globus-gram-client-tools is Grid Community Toolkit - Job Management Tools (globusrun)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gram-client-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is globus-gram-client-tools

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-gram-client-tools package contains Job Management Tools (globusrun)

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

Install globus-gram-client-tools 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-gram-client-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-gram-client-tools

Install globus-gram-client-tools 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-gram-client-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-gram-client-tools

How To Uninstall globus-gram-client-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the globus-gram-client-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-gram-client-tools

globus-gram-client-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/globus-job-cancel
/usr/bin/globus-job-clean
/usr/bin/globus-job-get-output
/usr/bin/globus-job-get-output-helper
/usr/bin/globus-job-run
/usr/bin/globus-job-status
/usr/bin/globus-job-submit
/usr/bin/globusrun
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/de2995eb7d144450db088209d89e1189d1e2bc
/usr/share/doc/globus-gram-client-tools
/usr/share/doc/globus-gram-client-tools/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gram-client-tools
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gram-client-tools/GLOBUS_LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-job-cancel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-job-clean.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-job-get-output-helper.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-job-get-output.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-job-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-job-status.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/globus-job-submit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/globusrun.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gram-client-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.