How To Install globus-gss-assist on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gss-assist on CentOS 7. globus-gss-assist is Grid Community Toolkit - GSSAPI Assist library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gss-assist on CentOS 7.

What is globus-gss-assist

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-gss-assist package contains GSSAPI Assist library

We can use yum or dnf to install globus-gss-assist on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install globus-gss-assist.

Install globus-gss-assist on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install globus-gss-assist using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-gss-assist

Install globus-gss-assist on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install globus-gss-assist using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-gss-assist

How To Uninstall globus-gss-assist on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the globus-gss-assist package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-gss-assist

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gss-assist on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.