How To Install slurmrestd 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 slurmrestd on Ubuntu.
What is slurmrestd
slurmrestd is:
SLURM stands for Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management, it is an open-source cluster resource management and job scheduling system that strives to be simple, scalable, portable, fault-tolerant, and interconnect agnostic. This package contains the REST API daemon slurmrestd.
There are three methods to install slurmrestd 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 slurmrestd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install slurmrestd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slurmrestd
Install slurmrestd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slurmrestd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slurmrestd
Install slurmrestd 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 slurmrestd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slurmrestd
How To Uninstall slurmrestd on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the slurmrestd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slurmrestd
Uninstall slurmrestd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slurmrestd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slurmrestd
Remove slurmrestd Configurations and Data
To remove slurmrestd configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slurmrestd
Remove slurmrestd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slurmrestd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slurmrestd
Dependencies
slurmrestd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slurmrestd package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.