How To Install taktuk on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install taktuk on Debian 9. taktuk is efficient, large scale, parallel remote execution of commands

Introduction

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

What is taktuk

taktuk is:

TakTuk allows one to execute commands in parallel on a potentially large set of remote nodes (using ssh to connect to each node). It is typically used inside high performance computing clusters and grids. It uses an adaptive algorithm to efficiently distribute the work and sets up an interconnection network to transport commands and perform I/Os multiplexing. It doesn’t require any specific software on the nodes thanks to a self-propagation algorithm.

There are three methods to install taktuk 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 taktuk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install taktuk

Install taktuk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install taktuk

Install taktuk 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 taktuk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install taktuk

How To Uninstall taktuk on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove taktuk

Uninstall taktuk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove taktuk

Remove taktuk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge taktuk

Remove taktuk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge taktuk

Dependencies

taktuk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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