How To Install slurmctld-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurmctld-dbg on Debian 9. slurmctld-dbg is debugging symbols for SLURM central management daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurmctld-dbg on Debian 9.

What is slurmctld-dbg

slurmctld-dbg 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 debugging symbols for central management daemon slurmctld.

There are three methods to install slurmctld-dbg 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 slurmctld-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install slurmctld-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install slurmctld-dbg

Install slurmctld-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install slurmctld-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install slurmctld-dbg

Install slurmctld-dbg 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 slurmctld-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slurmctld-dbg

How To Uninstall slurmctld-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the slurmctld-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove slurmctld-dbg

Uninstall slurmctld-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall slurmctld-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slurmctld-dbg

Remove slurmctld-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove slurmctld-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge slurmctld-dbg

Remove slurmctld-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove slurmctld-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slurmctld-dbg

Dependencies

slurmctld-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurmctld-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.