How To Install science-distributedcomputing on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-distributedcomputing on Debian 9.
What is science-distributedcomputing
science-distributedcomputing is:
This metapackage will install Debian Science packages useful for various types of distributed computing, such as grid-, cloud-, cluster- and parallel-computing.
There are three methods to install science-distributedcomputing on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install science-distributedcomputing Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install science-distributedcomputing using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-distributedcomputing
Install science-distributedcomputing Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install science-distributedcomputing using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-distributedcomputing
Install science-distributedcomputing 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install science-distributedcomputing using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-distributedcomputing
How To Uninstall science-distributedcomputing on Debian 9
To uninstall only the science-distributedcomputing package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-distributedcomputing
Uninstall science-distributedcomputing And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-distributedcomputing and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-distributedcomputing
Remove science-distributedcomputing Configurations and Data
To remove science-distributedcomputing configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-distributedcomputing
Remove science-distributedcomputing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-distributedcomputing configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-distributedcomputing
Dependencies
science-distributedcomputing have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-distributedcomputing package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
