How to Install and Uninstall globus-gfork-progs Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "globus-gfork-progs" package

This is a short guide on how to install globus-gfork-progs on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall globus-gfork-progs on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                globus-gfork-progs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the globus-gfork-progs package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: globus-gfork-progs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.0-3
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_5.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 13012
MD5sum: b7bb814b6873ac0a4b4d70bb185b493a
SHA1: 3d2e0ad0c37e7b5c4d916e675b58e3b503a542ee
SHA256: 8e6ee9b785bd7f7eb9d551a407f1a88bb39169cf0316526264fa6db6c6db9e8e
SHA512: 3020506132e220182f39749c7c343263f9f821688813a75f8f9c5df6f8800fb8af082bbe0d76b50194f40ff95eb8934d52f94d4faa9459a217812f3d2f867913
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