How To Install libwulf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwulf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwulf-dev
libwulf-dev is:
Libwulf is a library of functions that support configuring a cluster or LAN for monitoring (using an XML-based cluster description file), managing connections to the cluster nodes or LAN clients automatically, configuring the connections to return minimal information for the quantities being monitored or displayed, and then polling the hosts and extracting their information into a struct for further processing by a user interface (UI) program linked to the library.
This package contains header files and libraries needed to develop and compile wulfware programs and is part of the wulfware suite.
Homepage: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/wulfware.php
There are three methods to install libwulf-dev 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 libwulf-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwulf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwulf-dev
Install libwulf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwulf-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwulf-dev
Install libwulf-dev 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 libwulf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwulf-dev
How To Uninstall libwulf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwulf-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwulf-dev
Uninstall libwulf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwulf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwulf-dev
Remove libwulf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwulf-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwulf-dev
Remove libwulf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwulf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwulf-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwulf-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
