Hyak: Installing new programs.

Warning: There is no rote method for this. As Hyak users, we do not have administrator access, so anything that uses a sudo prefix, such as pip, will not work. Furthermore, Hyak is built on CentOS, as opposed to Debian, so the apt package manager does not exist. That means no apt get or anything nice like that. This tutorial can only offer the most cursory of guidance and lots of commiseration for your pain.

Guidance for installing programs.

1. Using either a Login or Build node, transfer your program files on to Hyak. Make note of any dependencies your program may need including Python (which can be loaded via a module) or another program.

2. If your program installation has dependency installation as part of the install script, you will need to use a build node for installation and compiling, otherwise an interactive node will be adequate.

3. Decide where you're going to have your program install, either /gscratch/srlab/ or your Home directory.

4. Unzip the program files in to your chosen installation location.

5. Begin installation. There is a lot of trial and error in this step, and you'll get very good at reading and Googling error messages, StackExchange will be your friend. An example of the process involved can be found here

Some Tips:

For Python packages, pip install --user isn't the greatest answer when using the module load anaconda* option as it seems to view the user's location as the module's location as opposed to the actual user directory. Instead use easy_install --install-dir /gscratch/srlab/install/dir packagename==version. This seems to work much better.