How To Install wulfstat on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wulfstat on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wulfstat
wulfstat is:
Wulfstat is a program designed to run on a tty interface and provide detailed monitoring information on a collection of networked cluster nodes or workstations. It gathers the information from xmlsysd, a daemon that runs on the nodes or workstations, collects information from /proc files or systems calls, and returns it in an xml-based format via a tcp socket connection. This package is part of the wulfware suite.
Homepage: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/wulfware.php
There are three methods to install wulfstat on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wulfstat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wulfstat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wulfstat
Install wulfstat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wulfstat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wulfstat
Install wulfstat 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install wulfstat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wulfstat
How To Uninstall wulfstat on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wulfstat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wulfstat
Uninstall wulfstat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wulfstat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wulfstat
Remove wulfstat Configurations and Data
To remove wulfstat configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wulfstat
Remove wulfstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wulfstat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wulfstat
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wulfstat package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
