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EasyBuild can be used to install software packages in your own account. However, in most cases, it is preferable to ask our [[Technical support]] to install the software centrally for you. This is because that will ensure that the software package is available on all of our clusters. It will also avoid using your quota, and it will avoid causing undue load on the parallel filesystems. | EasyBuild can be used to install software packages in your own account. However, in most cases, it is preferable to ask our [[Technical support]] to install the software centrally for you. This is because that will ensure that the software package is available on all of our clusters. It will also avoid using your quota, and it will avoid causing undue load on the parallel filesystems. | ||
{{Warning|title=When to use or not use EasyBuild to install software in your home | |||
|content=There are a few use cases in which you may want to use EasyBuild to install software in your own space: | |||
* if you need a custom or modified build | * if you need a custom or modified build | ||
* if you need to install a nightly build, or a version of a software which does not have a release number | * if you need to install a nightly build, or a version of a software which does not have a release number | ||
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* if you need a software package built using a different compiler, MPI or CUDA implementation | * if you need a software package built using a different compiler, MPI or CUDA implementation | ||
When in doubt, please ask our [[Technical support]] for advice. | When in doubt, please ask our [[Technical support]] for advice. }} | ||
== Finding a recipe == <!--T:8--> | == Finding a recipe == <!--T:8--> | ||