How To Install libpam-slurm on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-slurm on Kali Linux.

What is libpam-slurm

libpam-slurm is:

Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) for restricting access to compute nodes where SLURM performs resource management. Access to the node is restricted to user root and users who have been allocated resources on that node.

There are three methods to install libpam-slurm on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpam-slurm Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpam-slurm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpam-slurm

Install libpam-slurm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpam-slurm

Install libpam-slurm Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpam-slurm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpam-slurm

How To Uninstall libpam-slurm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpam-slurm

Uninstall libpam-slurm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpam-slurm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-slurm

Remove libpam-slurm Configurations and Data

To remove libpam-slurm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-slurm

Remove libpam-slurm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpam-slurm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-slurm

Dependencies

libpam-slurm have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libslurm36

References

• libpam-slurm website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-slurm package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.