Installing software as user

Our software team is supporting a quite extensive software stack of the most commonly used tools and applications within our user base. However, due to our wide range of users, it is not feasible for us to maintain all the different packages with particular versions and toolchains that you might depend on in your daily work flow. While system-wide installations can only be done by NRIS personnel, there is nothing preventing users from installing their own software locally.

If you have a software need that is currently not available on our systems:

1. If you think the package will be useful for a wider scope of users, you can request a global installation by sending an email to support@nris.no.

2. Otherwise you can try to install it yourself locally under your home or project area. If you run into problems, we are happy to help out, just send a support request to support@nris.no.

There are several different ways to install the software, depending on the package. Building from source is often the best when it comes to customization options and performance, but this can be quite complicated. The procedure is usually described in the particular software’s documentation, so please refer to their respective home pages for this. Below we will describe some of the more standardized ways of installing software using EasyBuild and Python package managers.

• Installing software with EasyBuild
• Installing software with Conda (Anaconda & Miniconda)
• Installing Python packages
• Installing R libraries
• Installing Perl modules
• ORCA (quantum chemistry program)
• How to Run Mathematica on Saga and Fram Using Singularity
• Containers on NRIS HPC systems

Warning

Please note that a very limited best-effort support can be provided for Conda installations.

Note that the software install team never do installations in $HOME for users, and preferably not in /cluster/projects.