How To Install globus-gssapi-gsi on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gssapi-gsi on Rocky Linux 8.
What is globus-gssapi-gsi
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-gssapi-gsi package contains GSSAPI library
We can use yum or dnf to install globus-gssapi-gsi on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install globus-gssapi-gsi.
Install globus-gssapi-gsi 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-gssapi-gsi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install globus-gssapi-gsi
Install globus-gssapi-gsi 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-gssapi-gsi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install globus-gssapi-gsi
How To Uninstall globus-gssapi-gsi on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the globus-gssapi-gsi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove globus-gssapi-gsi
globus-gssapi-gsi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/grid-security/gsi.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/36cb88c6cf1673d1536daaa21a3a731204d03f
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gssapi_gsi.so.4
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gssapi_gsi.so.4.10.14
/usr/share/doc/globus-gssapi-gsi
/usr/share/doc/globus-gssapi-gsi/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gssapi-gsi
/usr/share/licenses/globus-gssapi-gsi/GLOBUS_LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-gssapi-gsi on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.