How To Install slurm-pmi on CentOS 8

slurm-pmi is The slurm implementation of libpmi and libpmi2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-pmi on CentOS 8.

What is slurm-pmi

The slurm-pmi package contains the slurm implementation of the libpmi and libpmi2 libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install slurm-pmi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slurm-pmi.

Install slurm-pmi on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install slurm-pmi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slurm-pmi

Install slurm-pmi on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install slurm-pmi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slurm-pmi

How To Uninstall slurm-pmi on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the slurm-pmi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove slurm-pmi

slurm-pmi Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/2e1224e4f1b37202f6244965130076b285aad3
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/0cba9c5f14dddb3f4c7966ca1a8700660de207
/usr/lib64/libpmi.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpmi.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libpmi2.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpmi2.so.0.0.0

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-pmi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.