How To Install clustershell on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clustershell
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is clustershell
clustershell is:
Event-based Python library to execute commands on local or distant cluster nodes in parallel depending on the selected engine and worker mechanisms.
The library provides also advanced nodeset handling methods. Its goal is to improve the administration of cluster by providing a lightweight but scalable API for developers.
There are three methods to install clustershell
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 clustershell Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install clustershell
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clustershell
Install clustershell Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clustershell
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clustershell
Install clustershell 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 clustershell
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clustershell
How To Uninstall clustershell on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the clustershell
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clustershell
Uninstall clustershell And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clustershell
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clustershell
Remove clustershell Configurations and Data
To remove clustershell
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clustershell
Remove clustershell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clustershell
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clustershell
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clustershell
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.