How To Install globus-openssl-module on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-openssl-module on Rocky Linux 8. globus-openssl-module is Grid Community Toolkit - Globus OpenSSL Module Wrapper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-openssl-module on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `globus-openssl-module`

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-openssl-module package contains Globus OpenSSL Module Wrapper

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

Install globus-openssl-module 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-openssl-module using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-openssl-module

Install globus-openssl-module 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-openssl-module using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-openssl-module

How To Uninstall globus-openssl-module on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the globus-openssl-module package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-openssl-module

globus-openssl-module Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/db1672c5b8bac5b09b0c080997af1ebdddb41c
/usr/lib64/libglobus_openssl.so.0
/usr/lib64/libglobus_openssl.so.0.5.2
/usr/share/doc/globus-openssl-module
/usr/share/doc/globus-openssl-module/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-openssl-module
/usr/share/licenses/globus-openssl-module/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

globus-openssl-module website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-openssl-module on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.