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Lmod is a Lua-based module system that easily handles the MODULEPATH Hierarchical problem. Environment Modules provide a convenient way to dynamically change the users' environment through modulefiles. A modulefile contains the necessary information to manipulate the users' environment; such as information to add or remove directories from the PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, CPATH and other environment variables. All popular shells are supported, including Bash, csh, fish, ksh, sh, tcsh, zsh, as well as some scripting languages such as Tcl/Tk, Perl and Python.

Lmod is used in HPC clusters, research labs and scientific computing environments all over the world. It is an alternative implementation for the classic Tcl/TK environment modules and improves upon it by creating module hierarchies, which allow setting of proper dependency structures for more stringent regulation of module loading and unloading.

Installation

USE flags

USE flags for sys-cluster/lmod Environment Module System based on Lua

+auto-swap enable auto swapping of compiler
+cache enable caching of modules
duplicate-paths allow duplicate entries in path
test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)

Emerge

root #emerge --ask sys-cluster/lmod

Configuration

Files

  • /etc/modulefiles/ - Default location for modulefiles.
  • /etc/lmod_cache/spider_cache - Default spider cache directory.
  • /etc/lmod_cache/system.txt - Default spider cache file.

Usage

The default installation enables the module command for all users, by sourcing /etc/profile.d/lmod.sh.

user $ man module
user $ module -h

Spider Cache

By default, Lmod enables spider cache. It is highly recommended to keep the spider cache enabled and up to date. The following command updates the spider cache.

root #/usr/share/Lmod/libexec/update_lmod_system_cache_files $MODULEPATH

References