Hi Daniel, Daniel Letai <d...@letai.org.il> writes:
> Hi Loris, > > On 3/21/19 6:21 PM, Loris Bennett wrote: > > Chris, maybe you should look at EasyBuild > (https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). That way you can install > all the dependencies (such as zlib) as modules and be pretty much > independent of the ancient packages your distro may provide (other > > Cheers, > > Loris > > Do you have experience with spack or flatpak too? They all seem to > solve the same problem, and I'd be interested in any comparison based > on experience. > > https://spack.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ > > http://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/ I don't have any real experience with anything but EasyBuild. My decision to used EB was mainly based on information in the following presentation https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/installing_software_for_scientists/attachments/slides/2437/export/events/attachments/installing_software_for_scientists/slides/2437/20180204_installing_software_for_scientists.pdf which is admittedly by Kenneth Hoste, who is one of the main people behind EasyBuild. However, I haven't regretted it and Kenneth and the others on the EB mailing list always respond quickly and helpfully. Getting a system like EB up and running involves a certain investment and, as I assume this is true for the other frameworks, probably not many people have delved that deeply into more than one. However, personally, I am very happy with EasyBuild. Cheers, Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de
