How to Install Lustre on macOS

Lustre is a high-performance parallel distributed file system used for large-scale computing. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Lustre on macOS.

Requirements

• macOS 10.10 or later
• Xcode installed
• Homebrew installed

Installation Steps

1. Open the terminal on your macOS. You can do this by pressing Command + Spacebar to open Spotlight and typing "Terminal".
2. Install Git with Homebrew by running the following command:

brew install git

3. Clone the Lustre repository from GitHub by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/lustre/lustre.git

4. Navigate to the cloned Lustre directory by running the following command:

cd lustre

5. Install Lustre's dependencies by running the following command:

make prep

6. Configure Lustre by running the following command:

./configure

7. Build Lustre by running the following command:

make

8. Install Lustre by running the following command:

sudo make install

9. Verify that Lustre is installed successfully by running the following command:

lctl version

If Lustre is installed correctly, you should see the current Lustre version number displayed on your terminal.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Lustre on your macOS! You can now use Lustre to manage and access large amounts of data.

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