How To Install r-cran-batchtools on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-batchtools on Ubuntu.

What is `r-cran-batchtools`

r-cran-batchtools is:

As a successor of the packages ‘BatchJobs’ and ‘BatchExperiments’, this package provides a parallel implementation of the Map function for high performance computing systems managed by schedulers IBM Spectrum LSF OpenLava, Univa Grid Engine/Oracle Grid Engine, Slurm, TORQUE/PBS, or Docker Swarm.

A multicore and socket mode allow the parallelization on a local machines, and multiple machines can be hooked up via SSH to create a makeshift cluster. Moreover, the package provides an abstraction mechanism to define large-scale computer experiments in a well-organized and reproducible way.

There are three methods to install r-cran-batchtools on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install r-cran-batchtools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-batchtools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-batchtools

Install r-cran-batchtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-batchtools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-batchtools

Install r-cran-batchtools Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-batchtools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-batchtools

How To Uninstall r-cran-batchtools on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the r-cran-batchtools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-batchtools

Uninstall r-cran-batchtools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-batchtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-batchtools

Remove r-cran-batchtools Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-batchtools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-batchtools

Remove r-cran-batchtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-batchtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-batchtools

Dependencies

r-cran-batchtools have the following dependencies:

References

r-cran-batchtools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-batchtools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.