How To Install torque-scheduler on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install torque-scheduler in Fedora 36. torque-scheduler is Simple fifo scheduler for TORQUE

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install torque-scheduler on Fedora 36.

What is `torque-scheduler`

TORQUE (Tera-scale Open-source Resource and QUEue manager) is a resource manager providing control over batch jobs and distributed compute nodes. TORQUE is based on OpenPBS version 2.3.12 and incorporates scalability, fault tolerance, and feature extension patches provided by USC, NCSA, OSC, the U.S. Dept of Energy, Sandia, PNNL, U of Buffalo, TeraGrid, and many other leading edge HPC organizations. This package holds the fifo C scheduler.

We can use yum or dnf to install torque-scheduler on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install torque-scheduler.

Install torque-scheduler on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install torque-scheduler using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install torque-scheduler

Install torque-scheduler on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install torque-scheduler using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install torque-scheduler

How To Uninstall torque-scheduler on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the torque-scheduler package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove torque-scheduler

torque-scheduler Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/torque/sched
/etc/torque/sched/dedicated_time
/etc/torque/sched/holidays
/etc/torque/sched/resource_group
/etc/torque/sched/sched_config
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/7ca5f900ea0564cd2cec1caa2ddcbeedff166e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pbs_sched.service
/usr/sbin/pbs_sched
/usr/sbin/qschedd
/usr/share/man/man8/pbs_sched.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pbs_sched_basl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pbs_sched_cc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pbs_sched_tcl.8.gz
/var/lib/torque/sched_logs
/var/lib/torque/sched_priv
/var/lib/torque/sched_priv/accounting
/var/lib/torque/sched_priv/dedicated_time
/var/lib/torque/sched_priv/holidays
/var/lib/torque/sched_priv/resource_group
/var/lib/torque/sched_priv/sched_config
/var/log/torque/sched_logs

References

torque-scheduler website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install torque-scheduler on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).