Information about the package, globus-gfork, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The globus-gfork package is designed for, Globus Toolkit - GFork.
Package Name:
globus-gfork
Summary:
Globus Toolkit - GFork
Description:
The Globus Toolkit is an open source software toolkit used for building Grid systems and applications. It is being developed by the Globus Alliance and many others all over the world. A growing number of projects and companies are using the Globus Toolkit to unlock the potential of grids for their cause. The globus-gfork package contains: GFork Library
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.9
Release:
1.el6
Size:
20 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the globus-gfork package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install globus-gfork
This command will install globus-gfork on the server.
yum remove globus-gfork
This command will un-install globus-gfork on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove globus-gfork, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove globus-gfork
This command will un-install globus-gfork on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove globus-gfork when using the -y flag.
yum update globus-gfork
This command will update globus-gfork to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove globus-gfork, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update globus-gfork
This command will update globus-gfork to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove globus-gfork when using the -y flag.
yum info globus-gfork
This command will show you core information about the globus-gfork package.
yum deplist globus-gfork
This command will show you the dependencies for globus-gfork. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update globus-gfork
This command will check if there is an update waiting on globus-gfork. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.