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In others cases, such as 1) highly domain-specific software, 2) largely-untested code, and 3)development versions of software, it may be imprudent to create public /wiki/spaces/RC/pages/45875213 Environment modules. Research Computing admins can still assist by building this software in more personalized locations where they can be executed without the use of the “module load” system.

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Requests for software installations can be made in a support ticket.

Be sure to include all pertinent information:

  • software URL

  • version requirements

  • plugin requirements

  • location of downloaded source code (if behind paywall or login, or the filepath file path downloaded to)

Info

The supercomputer is 100% Linux running Rocky Linux 8.x, a Redhat variant (RHEL). The supercomputer does not support Windows software.

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$ ./configure --prefix=/home/[asurite]/.local/opt/python-3.9.7 
$ make
$ make install

Container solutions

/wiki/spaces/RC/pages/54099969 Apptainer (aka Singularity) is available on the RC supercomputers. Many times, software is distributed in an easy-to-download package (.sif file) which can be uploaded to your HOME directory and used immediately.

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