How To Install globus-proxy-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-proxy-utils on Rocky Linux 8. globus-proxy-utils is Grid Community Toolkit - Globus GSI Proxy Utility Programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-proxy-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is globus-proxy-utils

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-proxy-utils package contains Globus GSI Proxy Utility Programs

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

Install globus-proxy-utils 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-proxy-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-proxy-utils

Install globus-proxy-utils 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-proxy-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-proxy-utils

How To Uninstall globus-proxy-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the globus-proxy-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-proxy-utils

globus-proxy-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/grid-cert-diagnostics
/usr/bin/grid-proxy-destroy
/usr/bin/grid-proxy-info
/usr/bin/grid-proxy-init
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/02d1333f636f44b67eafe9d096e0a7b98a9729
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/15b42d0acac35d0f164fba7fcf2d031adf11bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/276d7ebd9edc460b384178f27af4d656eb993b
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/df590f4e61a882b1a9d161e71c2ccb8d1e8907
/usr/share/doc/globus-proxy-utils
/usr/share/doc/globus-proxy-utils/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-proxy-utils
/usr/share/licenses/globus-proxy-utils/GLOBUS_LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/grid-cert-diagnostics.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grid-proxy-destroy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grid-proxy-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/grid-proxy-init.1.gz

References

Summary

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