How To Install oar-server on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install oar-server on Debian 9. oar-server is OAR batch scheduler server package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oar-server on Debian 9.

What is oar-server

oar-server is:

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

This package installs the server part of the OAR batch scheduler

There are three methods to install oar-server on Debian 9. 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-server 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-server using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install oar-server

Install oar-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install oar-server

Install oar-server 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install oar-server

How To Uninstall oar-server on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove oar-server

Uninstall oar-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall oar-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oar-server

Remove oar-server Configurations and Data

To remove oar-server configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oar-server

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

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

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

Dependencies

oar-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oar-server package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.