One of the most useful tools for managing software environments is environment-modules Lmod. In this guide, we'll cover how to install it on POP! OS latest.
Before we can install Lmod, we need to make sure we have certain prerequisites installed. This can be done by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lua5.3 luarocks
If you already have lua5.3 and luarocks installed on your system, you can skip this step.
Now that we have the prerequisites installed, we can install Lmod using luarocks. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo luarocks install lmod
This will install Lmod on your system.
Once Lmod has been installed, we need to configure it to work with our software. This is done by adding the following line to our .bashrc or .zshrc file (depending on which shell you use):
source /usr/local/Modules/default/init/bash
This tells our shell to load the Lmod initialization script when we start a new shell.
Now that Lmod is installed and configured, we can test it to make sure everything is working as expected. To test Lmod, we can use the module spider command. This will display a list of available modules that can be loaded:
module spider
If everything is working correctly, you should see a list of available modules. Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Lmod on POP! OS.
In this guide, we covered how to install and configure environment-modules Lmod on POP! OS. With Lmod installed, managing software environments is now much easier and more efficient.
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