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Software Available on Sol

Overview​

Supercomputing software environments are highly domain dependent, and to prevent conflicts while balancing ease of use, the software that your research needs will likely need to be loaded into the environment as a software module.

⚠️ No software modules are loaded when you start a new session, so you must load software in every session.

Listing Available Modules​

The following command will list all available software modules.

$ module avail

To search available modules with a keyword, i.e. “rust”:

$ module avail rust

You can also see available modules from the web portal.

Sol: https://links.asu.edu/sol-modules Phoenix: https://links.asu.edu/phx-modules

ℹ️ Research Computing uses two methods to create modules, which is reflected in two naming schemes. Modules that are built manually follow the naming scheme software/version.number. Modules that are built with a program called Spack follow the naming scheme software-version.number-compiler-version.number. There is no difference between the methods otherwise.

Loading a module​

To use software, you must first load the module into your shell environment using the module load command.

module load aspect/2.3.0

In this example, Aspect software has been loaded and can be used as normal.

tip

You can use ml as a shorthand for module load.

Listing Loaded Modules​

To see a list of modules that are currently loaded use the following command.

module list

Unloading modules by name​

To unload only a single module use the following command.

module unload aspect/2.3.0

Unloading all loaded modules​

To unload all modules that are currently loaded run the following.

module purge
tip

Module purge is useful for starting over with a clean environment, like when incorporating modules into an sbatch job script.

Example​

$ module avail aspect
------------------------------ /packages/modulefiles/apps ------------------------------
aspect/2.3.0  aspect/2.3.0-debug  aspect/2.4.0  aspect/2.4.0-debug  aspect/2.5.0-pre

----------------------------- /packages/modulefiles/spack ------------------------------
aspect-2.3.0-gcc-11.2.0
$ module load aspect/2.3.0
$ module list
Currently Loaded Modulefiles:
 1) dealii-9.3.3-gcc-11.2.0   2) openmpi-4.1.3-gcc-11.2.0   3) aspect/2.3.0
$ module purge
$ module list
No Modulefiles Currently Loaded.

Using Modules in SBATCH Job Scripts​

Many sbatch scripts will include a module load command as part of the script.

Examples of this can be found here: Slurm - SBATCH Job Scripts

Installing Software as Modules​

If the software you need is not installed as a module yet, please create a support ticket by reviewing our RTO Request Help page. Please indicate the URL to the software downloading source, the version of the software needed, and other related information in the email.

Additional Help​

If you require further assistance, contact the Research Computing Team:

We also offer Educational Opportunities and Workshops.