How To Install oar-user on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is oar-user

oar-user is:

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

This package install the submission and query part of the OAR batch scheduler.

There are three methods to install oar-user 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-user 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-user using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install oar-user

Install oar-user Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install oar-user

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

sudo aptitude -y install oar-user

How To Uninstall oar-user on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove oar-user

Uninstall oar-user And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oar-user

Remove oar-user Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge oar-user

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

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

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

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Summary

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