How To Install charliecloud on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install charliecloud on Debian 10.
What is charliecloud
charliecloud is:
Charliecloud provides user-defined software stacks (UDSS) (aka containers) for high-performance computing (HPC) centers. This “bring your own software stack” functionality addresses needs such as: software dependencies that are numerous, complex, unusual, differently configured, or simply newer/older than what the center provides; build-time requirements unavailable within the center, such as relatively unfettered internet access; validated software stacks and configuration to meet the standards of a particular field of inquiry; portability of environments between resources, including workstations and other test and development system not managed by the center; consistent environments, even archivally so, that can be easily, reliabily, and verifiably reproduced in the future; and/or usability and comprehensibility.
There are three methods to install charliecloud on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install charliecloud Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install charliecloud using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install charliecloud
Install charliecloud Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install charliecloud using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install charliecloud
Install charliecloud 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 charliecloud using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install charliecloud
How To Uninstall charliecloud on Debian 10
To uninstall only the charliecloud package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove charliecloud
Uninstall charliecloud And Its Dependencies
To uninstall charliecloud and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove charliecloud
Remove charliecloud Configurations and Data
To remove charliecloud configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge charliecloud
Remove charliecloud configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove charliecloud configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge charliecloud
Dependencies
charliecloud have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install charliecloud package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
