How To Install wulflogger on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wulflogger on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wulflogger
wulflogger is:
This package is part of the wulfware suite. It contains a very simple raw-tty (stdout) UI that is suitable for extracting cluster/lan statistics from any of several useful clusters of data. This data can be piped into a file or other applications for post-processing, removing the burden from a programmer of writing an automated UI for managing the connections themselves. Alternatively, it can be used as a template for further UIs.
Homepage: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Beowulf/wulfware.php
There are three methods to install wulflogger 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 wulflogger Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wulflogger using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wulflogger
Install wulflogger Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wulflogger using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wulflogger
Install wulflogger 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 wulflogger using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wulflogger
How To Uninstall wulflogger on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wulflogger package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wulflogger
Uninstall wulflogger And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wulflogger and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wulflogger
Remove wulflogger Configurations and Data
To remove wulflogger configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wulflogger
Remove wulflogger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wulflogger configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wulflogger
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wulflogger package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
