HTCondor Ubuntu Repository

Description

Starting with HTCondor 8.4.1 and 8.5.0, we now have a Ubuntu repository for installing HTCondor. Please see instructions below for supported platforms.

Learn more about HTCondor.

Install Instructions

Note: "root" user must be used to perform installation

1. Add HTCondor repository. There is a seperate repository for Development and Stable releases of HTCondor. If you just want the latest HTCondor release then please add both repositories.
   
   

   Distribution	Release	Repository	Supported Platforms
   Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)	Development	deb http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/ubuntu/development/ precise contrib	amd64
   	Stable	deb http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/ubuntu/stable/ precise contrib
   Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)	Development	deb http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/ubuntu/development/ trusty contrib	amd64
   	Stable	deb http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/ubuntu/stable/ trusty contrib

   
   Example - Trusty Tahr: install latest HTCondor's release

   echo "deb http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/ubuntu/stable/ trusty contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
   echo "deb http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/ubuntu/development/ trusty contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

   Example - Precise Pangolin: install only HTCondor's stable release

   echo "deb http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/ubuntu/stable/ precise contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

2. Install HTCondor Repository key
   

   wget -qO - http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/ubuntu/HTCondor-Release.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

   
   
3. [Optional] Add condor user.
   
   
   The HTCondor package will automatically add a 'condor' user/group if it does not exist already. Sites with a specific security policy should add the 'condor' user/group manually before performing the installation.
   
   
4. Install HTCondor package
   

   apt-get update
   apt-get install condor

   
   
5. Check if HTCondor is running
   

   ps -ef | grep condor

   Expected Result:

   condor     966     1  1 13:07 ?        00:00:08 /usr/sbin/condor_master -pidfile /var/run/condor/master.pid
   condor     967   966  0 13:07 ?        00:00:00 condor_collector -f
   condor     972   966  0 13:07 ?        00:00:00 condor_negotiator -f
   condor     973   966  0 13:07 ?        00:00:00 condor_schedd -f
   condor     974   966  0 13:07 ?        00:00:04 condor_startd -f
   root       975   973  0 13:07 ?        00:00:00 condor_procd -A /var/run/condor/procd_pipe.SCHEDD -S 60 -C 110

6. [Optional] Edit HTCondor's configuration file which locates at /etc/condor/condor_config.local then restart HTCondor using commands below
   

   /etc/init.d/condor restart

   This deb is shipped with the Personal HTCondor configuration. Please do not use condor_configure or condor_install to configure HTCondor installed via this Ubuntu package.

Release Notes

• This version of HTCondor package follows both Filesystem Hierarchy Standard and Debian Policy. The following table shows path layout compared to original HTCondor's binary package.
  
  

  Orignal Location	Current Location
  bin	/usr/bin
  etc	/etc/condor/
  etc/examples	/usr/share/doc/condor/etc/examples
  examples	/usr/share/doc/condor/examples
  include	/usr/include/condor
  lib	/usr/lib/condor
  libexec	/usr/lib/condor/libexec
  local/condor_config.local	/etc/condor/
  local/execute	/var/lib/condor/execute
  local/spool	/var/lib/condor/spool
  man	/usr/share/man
  sbin	/usr/sbin
  sql	/usr/share/condor/sql
  src	/usr/src
  INIT	/etc/init.d/condor
  PID	/var/run/condor
  LOGS	/var/log/condor
  LOCK	/var/lock/condor

  
  
• We recommended using Sun Java or its derivatives for runing HTCondor' Java universe. HTCondor will use default Java version (according to Debian's alternative system), so please update the default version after you installed a new Java.