How To Install icecc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icecc on Debian 9.
What is icecc
icecc is:
icecc (also known as Icecream) is a distributed compile system. It allows parallel compiling by distributing the compile jobs to several nodes of a compile network running the icecc daemon. The icecc scheduler routes the jobs and provides status and statistics information to the icecc monitor.
Each compile node can accept one or more compile jobs depending on the number of processors and the settings of the daemon. Link jobs and other jobs which cannot be distributed are executed locally on the node where the compilation is started.
There are three methods to install icecc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install icecc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icecc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icecc
Install icecc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icecc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icecc
Install icecc 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 icecc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icecc
How To Uninstall icecc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the icecc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icecc
Uninstall icecc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icecc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icecc
Remove icecc Configurations and Data
To remove icecc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icecc
Remove icecc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icecc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icecc
Dependencies
icecc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icecc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.