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Modules

The Modules environment is used to manage your software environment. Unlike a traditional computer, software needs to be loaded in your environment before it is ready to use. This simplifies the management of environment variables associated with various software packages.

Some common Modules commands include:

module spider python

module load R

module load R/3.4

The KU Community Cluster uses the Lmod module environment.

Standard Environment

When you log on to the cluster and when running a job, a default stack of software will be loaded automatically.

1) compiler/gcc/8.3  2) openmpi/4.0

If you don't wish to use the standard enviornment, the command module purge will remove all modules loaded, then you can load the modules you wish

Available Software

Some modules will load the necessary dependencies automatically when loaded. Other modules with prerequisites will need the prerequisites loaded before or along with that module.

For example, the module octave/4.0.3 requires compiler/intel/17. To load the octave module, doing either

module load compiler/intel/19
module load boost/1.70.0

or

module load compiler/intel/19 boost/1.70.0 (Note the prerequisite module must be first.)

Multiple Versions: Some packages list multiple compilers for prerequisites. This means that the package has been built with each version of the compilers listed.