How to Install Mesos on Linux Mint Latest

Apache Mesos is an open-source distributed system kernel that offers resource management capabilities for applications and frameworks. It provides efficient and scalable cluster management features to run applications on a large scale. Installing Mesos on Linux Mint Latest involves a few steps that we will explain below.

Prerequisites

Before installing Mesos on Linux Mint Latest, you need to ensure that your system has the following prerequisites.

  • A Linux Mint Latest distribution installed on your system.
  • Java Development Kit (JDK) installed on your system. To check if Java is installed on your system, run the following command in a terminal.
java -version
  • Git installed on your system.
sudo apt-get install git

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Mesos has several dependencies that you need to install before you can start the installation process. Run the following command to install the Mesos dependencies.

sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev python-boto libcurl4-nss-dev libsasl2-dev libsasl2-modules maven libapr1-dev libsvn-dev zlib1g-dev

Step 2: Clone the Mesos Repository

To download the Mesos source code, you need to clone the official Mesos Git repository from GitHub. Run the following command to do that.

git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/mesos.git

Step 3: Build Mesos from Source

Now, navigate to the cloned repository's directory using the following command.

cd mesos/

Before building Mesos from source, run the bootstrap script to download and install the necessary tools.

./bootstrap

Now configure Mesos by running the following command.

./configure

After configuring, build the Mesos binary using the following command.

make

If the build process completes without any errors or warnings, run the following command to install Mesos.

sudo make install

Step 4: Verify Mesos Installation

To verify that Mesos is installed on your system, run the following command.

mesos-master --version

If Mesos is installed correctly, you will see output similar to the following.

mesos-master version 1.11.0

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed Mesos on Linux Mint Latest using the source code. You can now start using Mesos to manage your applications and frameworks on your Linux Mint Latest system.