How To Install kanif on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kanif on Debian 10.
What is kanif
kanif is:
Kanif is a tool for high performance computing clusters management and administration. It combines the main functionalities of well-known cluster management tools such as c3, pdsh and dsh, and mimics their syntax. It provides three tools to run the same command on several nodes (“parallel ssh”, using the ‘kash’ command), to broadcast the copy of files or directories to several nodes (‘kaput’ command), and to gather several remote files or directories locally (‘kaget’ command). It relies on TakTuk for efficiency and scalability.
There are three methods to install kanif 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 kanif Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kanif using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kanif
Install kanif Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kanif using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kanif
Install kanif 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 kanif using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kanif
How To Uninstall kanif on Debian 10
To uninstall only the kanif package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kanif
Uninstall kanif And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kanif and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kanif
Remove kanif Configurations and Data
To remove kanif configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kanif
Remove kanif configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kanif configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kanif
Dependencies
kanif have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kanif package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
