Install xCAT ------------ The xCAT GPG Public Key must be added for apt to verify the xCAT packages :: wget -O - "http://xcat.org/files/xcat/repos/apt/apt.key" | apt-key add - Add the necessary apt-repositories to the management node :: # Install the add-apt-repository command apt-get install software-properties-common # For x86_64: add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main" add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-updates main" add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) universe" add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-updates universe" # For ppc64el: add-apt-repository "deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports $(lsb_release -sc) main" add-apt-repository "deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports $(lsb_release -sc)-updates main" add-apt-repository "deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports $(lsb_release -sc) universe" add-apt-repository "deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports $(lsb_release -sc)-updates universe" Install xCAT [#]_ with the following command: :: apt-get clean all apt-get update apt-get install xcat .. [#] Starting with Ubuntu 16.04, the package name 'xCAT' is required to be all lowercase