How To Install libpmi2-0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmi2-0 on Kali Linux. libpmi2-0 is SLURM PMI2 library implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmi2-0 on Kali Linux.

What is libpmi2-0

libpmi2-0 is:

SLURM, the Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management, is an open-source cluster resource management and job scheduling. This package contains the SLURM PMI2 runtime implementation.

There are three methods to install libpmi2-0 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 libpmi2-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpmi2-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpmi2-0

Install libpmi2-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpmi2-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpmi2-0

Install libpmi2-0 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 libpmi2-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpmi2-0

How To Uninstall libpmi2-0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpmi2-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpmi2-0

Uninstall libpmi2-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpmi2-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpmi2-0

Remove libpmi2-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpmi2-0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpmi2-0

Remove libpmi2-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpmi2-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpmi2-0

Dependencies

libpmi2-0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmi2-0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.