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EasyBuild - building software with ease
https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild

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EasyBuild - building software with ease

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`EasyBuild `_ is a software build

and installation framework that allows you to manage (scientific) software

on High Performance Computing (HPC) systems in an efficient way.



Sources

~~~~~~~



The EasyBuild sources are spread across different GitHub repositories:



* the `main easybuild repository `_ hosts the documentation and the `easybuild` Python metapackage

* the `easybuild-framework repository `_ hosts the source code of the EasyBuild `framework`

* the `easybuild-easyblocks repository `_ hosts `easyblocks`, i.e. implementations of install procedures

* the `easybuild-easyconfigs repository `_ hosts `easyconfigs`, i.e. EasyBuild specification files



Corresponding Python packages are available via PyPi:



* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/easybuild

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/easybuild-framework

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/easybuild-easyblocks

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/easybuild-easyconfigs



Documentation

~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Read the fine manual (RTFM!) at http://docs.easybuild.io .



Getting started

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



The recommended way of installing EasyBuild is `using pip `_.

You should `configure `_

EasyBuild to behave as you prefer, subsequently.



That is all that is needed to get started with installing (scientific) software with ease.

Take a look at the `typical workflow `_

example in the EasyBuild documentation that shows how to make EasyBuild build and **install WRF with a single command**.



Quick demo for the impatient

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



After `installing EasyBuild `_,

you can build and install **HPL** on top of a compiler toolchain that consists of open source

components (GCC, OpenMPI, etc.) by running the following commands::



  $ module load EasyBuild

  $ export EASYBUILD_PREFIX=/tmp/$USER  # example installation prefix

  $ eb HPL-2.3-foss-2019b.eb --robot



This should install a module file for HPL which you can load to start using it::



  $ export MODULEPATH=$EASYBUILD_PREFIX/modules/all:$MODULEPATH

  $ module load HPL



For more information on using EasyBuild, see the

`EasyBuild documentation `_



Contact info

~~~~~~~~~~~~



You can get in contact with the EasyBuild community in different ways:



Mailing list

^^^^^^^^^^^^



An EasyBuild mailinglist [email protected] is available to subscribe to.



This list is used by both users and developers of EasyBuild, so if you

have any questions or suggestions, you can post them there.



Only members can post to this mailinglist. To request membership, see

https://lists.ugent.be/wws/info/easybuild.



Slack

^^^^^



Contact the EasyBuild community via Slack: https://easybuild.slack.com,

self-request an invite via https://easybuild.io/join-slack.



Twitter

^^^^^^^



The EasyBuild team also has a Twitter feed:

`@easy\_build `_.



Disclaimer

~~~~~~~~~~



EasyBuild has mostly been used and tested on x86_64-based Linux systems (RedHat-based, Debian, SuSE, ...),

but can be easily extended for other platforms.

Limited provisions for other Unix-based operating systems (e.g., Mac OS X) are also available.



License

~~~~~~~



EasyBuild was created by the `High-Performance Computing team at Ghent

University `_, is currently maintained by the

`EasyBuild community `_,

and is made available under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.



Acknowledgements

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



EasyBuild was created with support of `Ghent University `_ ,

`the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC) `_ ,

`the Hercules foundation `_ and

`the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) `_ .