How To Install pegasus-wms on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pegasus-wms on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pegasus-wms
pegasus-wms is:
The Pegasus project encompasses a set of technologies the help workflow-based applications execute in a number of different environments including desktops, campus clusters, grids, and now clouds. Scientific workflows allow users to easily express multi-step computations, for example retrieve data from a database, reformat the data, and run an analysis. Once an application is formalized as a workflow the Pegasus Workflow Management Service can map it onto available compute resources and execute the steps in appropriate order.
There are three methods to install pegasus-wms 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 pegasus-wms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pegasus-wms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pegasus-wms
Install pegasus-wms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pegasus-wms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pegasus-wms
Install pegasus-wms 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 pegasus-wms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pegasus-wms
How To Uninstall pegasus-wms on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pegasus-wms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pegasus-wms
Uninstall pegasus-wms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pegasus-wms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pegasus-wms
Remove pegasus-wms Configurations and Data
To remove pegasus-wms configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pegasus-wms
Remove pegasus-wms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pegasus-wms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pegasus-wms
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pegasus-wms package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
