How to Install Lmod on Void Linux

Lmod is a Lua-based environment module system. It is an alternative to the classic Tcl-based environment module system (Eg. Modules). Lmod offers a modern shell, a powerful module syntax, and robust tools for managing your environment.

In this tutorial, we will walk through the installation of Lmod on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before installing Lmod, you need to ensure that your system has the following prerequisites:

• make
• gcc
• git
• lua (version 5.2 or greater)
• lua-filesystem
• lua-term
• lua-posix
• lua-lpeg
• lua-alt-getopt

Step 1 - Install Prerequisites

We can use the Void Linux package manager, xbps, to install all the prerequisites for Lmod. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo xbps-install -S make gcc git lua lua-filesystem lua-term lua-posix lua-lpeg lua-alt-getopt

Step 2 - Download Lmod

We can now download the latest version of Lmod from the official Lmod GitHub repository. Run the following command to clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com:TACC/Lmod.git

This will create a new directory called Lmod in your current working directory.

Step 3 - Compile and Install Lmod

We can now compile and install Lmod on our system. Navigate to the Lmod directory by running the following command:

cd Lmod

Next, run the following command to configure the installation:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local

This will configure the installation to use /usr/local as the installation prefix.

Now, run the following command to build Lmod:

make

Finally, run the following command to install Lmod:

sudo make install

This will install Lmod on your system.

Step 4 - Configure the Lmod Environment

After installation, we need to configure the Lmod environment. First, add the following lines to your shell startup file:

source /usr/local/tcl/etc/profile.d/z0Lmod.sh
alias module='/usr/local/bin/lmod'

This will load the Lmod environment on shell startup and set up a module alias that points to the Lmod binary.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Lmod on your Void Linux system. With Lmod, you can now easily manage your system environment and load/unload modules as needed.

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