Installation of extra applications or libraries

If you want to use an application that is not installed as module yet, there are usually two options: either we can install it as a new module, or you can try to install it yourself into one of your own directories. The first allows other users to make use of the software as well, while the latter has the advantage that you keep control over the software and can easily change, update or delete the software.

If you want to request the installation of certain software, please contact us and specify which version of the software you would like to have installed. How you can install software yourself depends on the application. A lot of software for Linux is installed using a “configure, make, make install” procedure; in that case you could use the following to install it into your home directory:

# First, we load the foss toolchain to get access to recent compilers and libraries
module load foss/2022b

# Configure the software, and specify the installation directory
./configure --prefix=$HOME/some/installation/directory

# Build/compile the software
make

# Install the software
make install

Scripting or programming language like Perl, Python, and R allow you to easily install additional libraries/modules/packages to your own home directory. You can find more information about this on the respective pages for these tools in the Examples section.