Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-torque on CentOS 8.
What is slurm-torque
Torque wrapper scripts used for helping migrate from Torque/PBS to Slurm.
We can use yum or dnf to install slurm-torque on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slurm-torque.
Install slurm-torque on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install slurm-torque using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install slurm-torque
Install slurm-torque on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install slurm-torque using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install slurm-torque
How To Uninstall slurm-torque on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the slurm-torque package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove slurm-torque
slurm-torque Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/generate_pbs_nodefile
/usr/bin/mpiexec
/usr/bin/pbsnodes
/usr/bin/qalter
/usr/bin/qdel
/usr/bin/qhold
/usr/bin/qrerun
/usr/bin/qrls
/usr/bin/qstat
/usr/bin/qsub
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/79a15abdfdc01e23da4948fcb6637b9f0d885d
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/9425088938ddc0317abb6fb150f690140396df
/usr/lib64/slurm/job_submit_pbs.so
/usr/lib64/slurm/spank_pbs.so
/usr/share/man/man1/mpiexec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pbsnodes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qalter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qdel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qhold.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qrerun.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qrls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qstat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qsub.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slurm-torque on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
