How To Install nordugrid-arc6-arex on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc6-arex on CentOS 7.
What is nordugrid-arc6-arex
NorduGrid is a collaboration aiming at development, maintenance and support of the middleware, known as the Advanced Resource Connector (ARC). The ARC Resource-coupled EXecution service (AREX) is the Computing Element of the ARC middleware. AREX offers a full-featured middle layer to manage computational tasks including interfacing to local batch systems, taking care of complex environments such as data staging, data caching, software environment provisioning, information collection and exposure, accounting information gathering and publishing.
We can use yum or dnf to install nordugrid-arc6-arex on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nordugrid-arc6-arex.
Install nordugrid-arc6-arex on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install nordugrid-arc6-arex using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nordugrid-arc6-arex
Install nordugrid-arc6-arex 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 nordugrid-arc6-arex using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nordugrid-arc6-arex
How To Uninstall nordugrid-arc6-arex on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the nordugrid-arc6-arex package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nordugrid-arc6-arex
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nordugrid-arc6-arex on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
