How To Install oar-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install oar-common on Ubuntu 18.04. oar-common is OAR batch scheduler common package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oar-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is oar-common

oar-common is:

OAR is a versatile resource and task manager (also called a batch scheduler) for clusters and other computing infrastructures

This package installs the common part of the OAR batch scheduler

There are three methods to install oar-common 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 oar-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install oar-common

Install oar-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install oar-common

Install oar-common 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 oar-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oar-common

How To Uninstall oar-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the oar-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove oar-common

Uninstall oar-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall oar-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oar-common

Remove oar-common Configurations and Data

To remove oar-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oar-common

Remove oar-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oar-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oar-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.