How To Install slurm-wlm-torque on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-wlm-torque on Kali Linux.

What is slurm-wlm-torque

slurm-wlm-torque is:

SLURM, the Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management, is an open-source cluster resource management and job scheduling.

This package contains the Torque compatibility wrappers.

There are three methods to install slurm-wlm-torque on Kali Linux. 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-wlm-torque 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-wlm-torque using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install slurm-wlm-torque

Install slurm-wlm-torque Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install slurm-wlm-torque

Install slurm-wlm-torque Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install slurm-wlm-torque using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slurm-wlm-torque

How To Uninstall slurm-wlm-torque on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove slurm-wlm-torque

Uninstall slurm-wlm-torque And Its Dependencies

To uninstall slurm-wlm-torque and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slurm-wlm-torque

Remove slurm-wlm-torque Configurations and Data

To remove slurm-wlm-torque configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge slurm-wlm-torque

Remove slurm-wlm-torque configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slurm-wlm-torque

Dependencies

slurm-wlm-torque have the following dependencies:

• libslurm-perl
• libslurmdb-perl
• perl

References

• slurm-wlm-torque website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-wlm-torque package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.