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Re: [IMP-dev] IMP on the cluster



> On 4/25/11 2:51 PM, Daniel Russel wrote:
>> On Apr 25, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Ben Webb wrote:
>>> Both bullet and CGAL are indeed installed on the interactive nodes.
>> They are not installed on the optint nodes, for example.
> 
> The QB3 cluster interactive nodes are, of course, set up for the QB3 
> cluster as a whole. Josh, that cluster's sysadmin, prefers a small, 
> infrequently changing package set (frequent upgrades make some people 
> happy but many other people unhappy). We have our own interactive nodes, 
> which I recommend for Sali lab people. They have a set of packages that 
> is tailored to Sali lab needs, not QB3 as a whole.
I assumed that the QB3 cluster's interactive nodes tracks the packages installed on the compute nodes. Since IMP needs these various libraries at runtime, then I don't see how having them installed on the salilab interactive nodes helps. So I'm still confused :-)