globus-domainname command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

globus-domainname: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: globus-domainname: command not found

Solutions to globus-domainname: command not found

How To Fix globus-domainname: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu globus-domainname is provided by globus-common-progs package.

globus-common-progs is:

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.

The globus-common-progs package contains: Common Library Programs

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install globus-common-progs

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install globus-common-progs.

sudo apt -y install globus-common-progs

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install globus-common-progs

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix globus-domainname command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.