How To Install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes in AlmaLinux 8. nordugrid-arc-community-rtes is Community-defined RTEs support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes on AlmaLinux 8.

What is nordugrid-arc-community-rtes

NorduGrid is a collaboration aiming at development, maintenance and support of the middleware, known as the Advanced Resource Connector (ARC). Community RTEs is the framework that allows deploying software packages (tarballs, containers, etc) provided by trusted communities to ARC CE using simple arcctl commands. It is released as a technology preview.

We can use yum or dnf to install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes.

Install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes

Install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes

How To Uninstall nordugrid-arc-community-rtes on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the nordugrid-arc-community-rtes package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nordugrid-arc-community-rtes

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc-community-rtes on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.