How To Install libpmi0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmi0 on Kali Linux. libpmi0 is SLURM PMI library implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmi0 on Kali Linux.

What is libpmi0

libpmi0 is:

SLURM, the Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management, is an open-source cluster resource management and job scheduling. This package contains the SLURM PMI runtime implementation.

There are three methods to install libpmi0 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 libpmi0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpmi0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpmi0

Install libpmi0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpmi0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpmi0

Install libpmi0 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 libpmi0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpmi0

How To Uninstall libpmi0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpmi0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpmi0

Uninstall libpmi0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpmi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpmi0

Remove libpmi0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpmi0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpmi0

Remove libpmi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpmi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpmi0

Dependencies

libpmi0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmi0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.