How To Install slurm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm on Rocky Linux 8. slurm is Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `slurm`

Slurm is an open source, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable cluster management and job scheduling system for Linux clusters. Components include machine status, partition management, job management, scheduling and accounting modules.

We can use yum or dnf to install slurm on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slurm.

Install slurm on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install slurm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slurm

Install slurm on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install slurm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slurm

How To Uninstall slurm on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove slurm

slurm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logrotate.d/slurm
/etc/slurm
/etc/slurm/cgroup.conf
/etc/slurm/cgroup.conf.example
/etc/slurm/slurm.conf
/etc/slurm/slurm.conf.example
/run/slurm
/usr/bin/sacct
/usr/bin/sacctmgr
/usr/bin/salloc
/usr/bin/sattach
/usr/bin/sbatch
/usr/bin/sbcast
/usr/bin/scancel
/usr/bin/scontrol
/usr/bin/scrontab
/usr/bin/sdiag
/usr/bin/sh5util
/usr/bin/sinfo
/usr/bin/slurm-setuser
/usr/bin/sprio
/usr/bin/squeue
/usr/bin/sreport
/usr/bin/srun
/usr/bin/sshare
/usr/bin/sstat
/usr/bin/strigger
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/usr/share/man/man8/spank.8.gz
/var/log/slurm
/var/spool/slurm
/var/spool/slurm/ctld
/var/spool/slurm/d

References

slurm website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.