How To Install slurm-client-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-client-dbg on Debian 9. slurm-client-dbg is debugging symbols for SLURM client side commands

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-client-dbg on Debian 9.

What is slurm-client-dbg

slurm-client-dbg is:

SLURM stands for Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management, it is an open-source cluster resource management and job scheduling system that strives to be simple, scalable, portable, fault-tolerant, and interconnect agnostic. This package contains the debugging symbols for all client side commands.

There are three methods to install slurm-client-dbg 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 slurm-client-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install slurm-client-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install slurm-client-dbg

Install slurm-client-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install slurm-client-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install slurm-client-dbg

Install slurm-client-dbg 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 slurm-client-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slurm-client-dbg

How To Uninstall slurm-client-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the slurm-client-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove slurm-client-dbg

Uninstall slurm-client-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slurm-client-dbg

Remove slurm-client-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove slurm-client-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge slurm-client-dbg

Remove slurm-client-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove slurm-client-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slurm-client-dbg

Dependencies

slurm-client-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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