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Sudo access is reserved explicitly for Research Computing admins. If a software installation attempts to install to a local directory and fails, the answer is not to request more permission but instead redirect the installation to a shared storage space, like your HOME directory or group shared storage.
In many cases, instructions tutorials may advise installing packages through a package manager, e.g., dnf or apt ; this is not a practical method in Supercomputer environments (it is practical for workstations, only). The module avail system facilitates provides similar functionality without package installation--that is, making these binaries and libraries available by module load XXXX so . In this way you can invoke and compile/use it libraries as if it they were installed with those package manager.
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