Summary¶

Keypoints

• We learned about what a module system is
• we covered some of the basic commands to module:
  • spider
  • avail
  • list
  • load
  • unload
  • purge
  • save/restore collection
• We learned about compiler toolchains and how to find and load them
• we looked at some software module examples
  • Python
  • R
  • MATLAB
• We looked at how modules are used in batch scripts

Questions

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More information about modules

Documentation about selecting modules at some of the Swedish HPC centres

• HPC2N: https://docs.hpc2n.umu.se/software/modules/
• UPPMAX: https://docs.uppmax.uu.se/cluster_guides/modules/
• LUNARC: https://lunarc-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/manual/manual_modules/
• PDC: https://support.pdc.kth.se/doc/basics/quickstart/#the-lmod-module-system
• NSC: https://www.nsc.liu.se/software/modules/
• C3SE: https://www.c3se.chalmers.se/documentation/module_system/

Other

• About the EasyBuild software build and framework: https://easybuild.io/

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