How To Install pdsh on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdsh on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pdsh
pdsh is:
Pdsh is a high-performance, parallel remote shell utility, similar to dsh. It has built-in, thread-safe clients for rsh. Pdsh uses a “sliding window” parallel algorithm to conserve socket resources on the initiating node and to allow progress to continue while timeouts occur on some connections.
It makes all parallel connections from one client machine, and attempts to keep 32 (default, can be changed on command line) connections to remote machines at any given time. It can run single commands or as an interactive shell.
There are three methods to install pdsh on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pdsh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pdsh using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pdsh
Install pdsh Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pdsh using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pdsh
Install pdsh 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 pdsh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pdsh
How To Uninstall pdsh on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pdsh package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pdsh
Uninstall pdsh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pdsh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pdsh
Remove pdsh Configurations and Data
To remove pdsh configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pdsh
Remove pdsh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pdsh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pdsh
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdsh package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
