How To Install libpmi2-0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmi2-0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libpmi2-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpmi2-0
How To Uninstall libpmi2-0 on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmi2-0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
