How To Install slurmdbd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slurmdbd on Kali Linux.

What is slurmdbd

slurmdbd is:

SLURM, the Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management, is an open-source cluster resource management and job scheduling. This package contain SlurmDBD (Slurm DataBase Daemon) that can be used to securely manage the accounting data for several Slurm clusters in a central location and sacctmgr a command for managing user accounts in SlurmDBD.

There are three methods to install slurmdbd 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 slurmdbd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install slurmdbd

Install slurmdbd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install slurmdbd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install slurmdbd

Install slurmdbd 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 slurmdbd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slurmdbd

How To Uninstall slurmdbd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove slurmdbd

Uninstall slurmdbd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slurmdbd

Remove slurmdbd Configurations and Data

To remove slurmdbd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge slurmdbd

Remove slurmdbd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove slurmdbd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slurmdbd

Dependencies

slurmdbd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• slurm-wlm-basic-plugins
• munge
• lsb-base
• ucf

References

• slurmdbd website

Summary

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