How To Install r-cran-batchtools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-batchtools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is r-cran-batchtools
r-cran-batchtools is:
As a successor of the packages ‘BatchJobs’ and ‘BatchExperiments’, this package provides a parallel implementation of the Map function for high performance computing systems managed by schedulers IBM Spectrum LSF OpenLava, Univa Grid Engine/Oracle Grid Engine, Slurm, TORQUE/PBS, or Docker Swarm.
A multicore and socket mode allow the parallelization on a local machines, and multiple machines can be hooked up via SSH to create a makeshift cluster. Moreover, the package provides an abstraction mechanism to define large-scale computer experiments in a well-organized and reproducible way.
There are three methods to install r-cran-batchtools
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install r-cran-batchtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-batchtools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-batchtools
Install r-cran-batchtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-batchtools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-batchtools
Install r-cran-batchtools 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 r-cran-batchtools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-batchtools
How To Uninstall r-cran-batchtools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-batchtools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-batchtools
Uninstall r-cran-batchtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-batchtools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-batchtools
Remove r-cran-batchtools Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-batchtools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-batchtools
Remove r-cran-batchtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-batchtools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-batchtools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-batchtools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.