How to Get Condor Going in Ubuntu

Condor is also a popular distributed computing framework.

Condor is a high-throughput framework developed by a team at the University of Wisconsin, Madison that allows you to treat an entire network of computers as a single environment. Condor splits the load of computationally intense processes across several machines. Because Condor is included in the Ubuntu package archive, installation is remarkably easy. Rather than having to build the framework from source, as you would in many other Linux distributions, you need only click a few buttons and watch it all install automatically.

Instructions

1. Open the Ubuntu Software Center. You can find it either as an icon on the left side of your desktop or at the bottom of the Applications menu.

2. Enter "Condor" into the search box in the upper-right corner of the Ubuntu Software Center window. Select the Condor package from the list in the main panel of the window and click "Install". Enter your password for verification and wait for the installation to complete.

3. Select "Computer" from the Places menu on your desktop and navigate to "/etc". Open the file named "condor_config" in gedit and read it through. Configure any settings you want changed. Save your modifications when done.

4. Open the "Terminal" from the Applications menu and run "sudo condor_master &" at the prompt to launch the Condor daemons. You'll be prompted for your password once more before it executes the command. Enter "condor_status" to confirm that the framework is functioning properly.

References

• Psychocats: Installing Software in Ubuntu
• Condor Project: Starting Condor Under Unix After Installation
• Ubuntu Packages: Condor