How To Install Lmod on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install Lmod
on CentOS 7.
What is Lmod
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. This includes easily adding or removing directories to the PATH environment variable. Modulefiles for library packages provide environment variables that specify where the library and header files can be found.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install Lmod
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install Lmod.
Install Lmod on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install Lmod
using yum
by running the following command:
Install Lmod on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install Lmod
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall Lmod on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the Lmod
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install Lmod
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.