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On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 07:17:32PM -0400, Mag Gam wrote: > So, currently we have /net/shared/software and when we compile > something we use, ./configure --prefix=/net/shared/software > This is kind of like having LFS (Linux from scratch with versions) > onto a NFS share > > I was wondering if anyone has a better way of doing this or share tips > or tricks. I would also be interested in a a regression method, so for at many of the larger sites i've worked with, they use environment modules to solve this. modules is a bit hacky but ultimately it does work pretty well. basically, software is installed in pkg/version specific directories like /sw/<pkg>/<vers>/, and then a module file is created to do all the required environment settings (PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH if necessary, etc). users can then load/unload individual packages, and there's a very crude system of dependencies in case you have interdependencies between modules. users can also query what tools/versions are available, and you can feel much less stressed that installing a new version will break things for the entire site :) sean
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