How to Install EasyBuild on Elementary OS Latest

EasyBuild is a package manager for scientific software installation on Linux. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install EasyBuild on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you proceed, you will need:

• A running Elementary OS Latest instance
• A terminal application
• Internet connection

Installation Steps

To install EasyBuild on Elementary OS Latest, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal window by pressing CTRL+ALT+T.

2. Update the package list with the following command:

   sudo apt update
   

3. Install the dependencies with the following command:

   sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev make gcc g++
   

4. Create a virtual environment for EasyBuild with the following command:

   python3 -m venv ~/eb-venv
   

   The command will create a virtual environment in the home directory named "eb-venv".

5. Activate the virtual environment with the following command:

   source ~/eb-venv/bin/activate
   

6. Install EasyBuild with the following command:

   pip install easybuild
   

   The command will install EasyBuild and its dependencies.

7. Verify that EasyBuild is installed correctly with the following command:

   eb --version
   

   The command will display the version of EasyBuild.

8. Deactivate the virtual environment with the following command:

   deactivate
   

   You have successfully installed EasyBuild on Elementary OS Latest.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install EasyBuild on Elementary OS Latest. You can now use EasyBuild to install scientific software on your system.

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