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On O2, users can compile and install software in their /home directories or shared directories (e.g. /n/groups , /n/dataX ) where you have write permission. In general, during the configure step, --prefix can be set to a directory where you have write access to install the software to that directory. Software installs via binary files do not need to be compiled, only uncompressed.

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If the file is just .gz, unpack:

mfk8@compute-a-01-01:~$ gunzip yourgzipfile.gz

This creates a directory for the software with its contents.

3) Change to the directory created during the unpack, view README or install guide. This may indicate what compilers/libraries are needed to install. Check out module spider for available compilers and libraries.

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mfk8@compute-a-01-01:~/newsoftwarefolder$ module load gcc/6.2.0
mfk8@compute-a-01-01:~/newsoftwarefolder$ ./configure --prefix=/home/mfk8/newsoftwarefolder

5) Usually run make then make install (check README/install notes)

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Once you have your program installed/the information on how it was installed, you need to create a modulefile for this program. A typical modulefile for a program on the O2 application stack will look something like this (using GCC 6.2.0 as an example), written in Lua:

help([[
For detailed instructions, go to:

    https://gcc.gnu.org/
]])

whatis("Version: 6.2.0")
whatis("Keywords: compiler, gcc")
whatis("URL: https://gcc.gnu.org/")
whatis("Description: GCC stands for \"GNU Compiler Collection\". GCC is an integrated distribution of compilers for several major programming languages. These languages currently include C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Java, Fortran, Ada, and Go.")

prepend_path( "PATH",            "/n/app/gcc/6.2.0/bin")
prepend_path( "LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "/n/app/gcc/6.2.0/lib")
prepend_path( "LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "/n/app/gcc/6.2.0/lib64")
prepend_path( "MANPATH",         "/n/app/gcc/6.2.0/share/man")

add_property("state", "experimental")

family("gcc")

-- set up MODULEPATH for packages built by this compiler
local mroot = os.getenv("MODULEPATH_ROOT")
local mdir = pathJoin(mroot, "Compiler/gcc", "6.2.0")
prepend_path("MODULEPATH", mdir)

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