How To Install wulf2html on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wulf2html on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wulf2html
wulf2html is:
This package is part of the wulfware suite and contains a perl filter that runs behind wulflogger and transforms wulflogger output into a formatted html page that can then be viewed from any browser. wulf2html can be started from invoke-rc.d as a service on a webserver or host that mounts webspace after editing /etc/warewulf/wulfhosts to reflect the cluster or LAN to be monitored. This is still a bit experimental.
Homepage: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/wulfware.php
There are three methods to install wulf2html on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wulf2html Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wulf2html using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wulf2html
Install wulf2html Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wulf2html using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wulf2html
Install wulf2html 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 wulf2html using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wulf2html
How To Uninstall wulf2html on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wulf2html package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wulf2html
Uninstall wulf2html And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wulf2html and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wulf2html
Remove wulf2html Configurations and Data
To remove wulf2html configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wulf2html
Remove wulf2html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wulf2html configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wulf2html
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wulf2html package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
