How To Install slurmctld on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurmctld on Debian 9. slurmctld is SLURM central management daemon

Introduction

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

What is slurmctld

slurmctld 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 central management demon slurmctld.

There are three methods to install slurmctld 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install slurmctld

Install slurmctld Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install slurmctld

Install slurmctld 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slurmctld

How To Uninstall slurmctld on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove slurmctld

Uninstall slurmctld And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slurmctld

Remove slurmctld Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge slurmctld

Remove slurmctld configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slurmctld

Dependencies

slurmctld have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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