How to Install and Uninstall globus-gfork-progs Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "globus-gfork-progs" package

This tutorial shows how to install globus-gfork-progs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "globus-gfork-progs" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall globus-gfork-progs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the globus-gfork-progs package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: globus-gfork-progs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.0-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: globus-gfork
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mattias Ellert
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 49
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglobus-common0 (>= 17), libglobus-gfork0 (>= 3), libglobus-xio0 (>= 5)
Filename: pool/universe/g/globus-gfork/globus-gfork-progs_5.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 13024
MD5sum: 23ddc9d93e3d9a94dfd6a2d61753638f
SHA1: 98d57d327e11d435aa0b1081c5bad3c05a1d2404
SHA256: 68ccb1dcca83106a781a157bf773d0624a311afc02142820c779966aaccd51af
SHA512: a771c64bade5bab6d9380c8a8149c45691d118aff9bb0f69a1db177118fb6a9ebf63a7483ae807737513a9aee53644ea89fa12f7cfe072c1b569fdb815b06549
Homepage: https://github.com/gridcf/gct/
Description-en: Grid Community Toolkit - GFork Programs
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.
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The globus-gfork-progs package contains:
GFork Programs - GFork is user configurable super-server daemon very similar
to xinetd. It listens on a TCP port. When clients connect to a port it runs an
administrator defined program which services that client connection, just as
x/inetd do.
Description-md5: 61b46950a26c299f1b4b262331eb5f3a