I'm going ahead and just getting it to work on the Mac. It's not quite "plug-and-play" the first time, but will be the second time and beyond.
https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-easyblocks/issues/787 -- Elizabeth On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Robert Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I use docker toolbox on the mac to set up a linux VM that > supports EB. Any linux VM would work. > > I think you'll find that route a lot more compatible with your linux > cluster. Some others might have different opinions :) > > https://www.docker.com/docker-toolbox > > I have some docker images for easybuild here > > https://hub.docker.com/r/rjeschmi/easybuild-centos7/ > > And a bunch of RPMs for centos7 built with EasyBuild to get the open > source toolchains running (will be installed into /software/easybuild): > > http://rpm.ottbioinfo.ca/ > > I haven't made the yum repos yet, but will do that soon. > > If you go this route you might find this useful as some hints how I set up > my docker runs: > > https://github.com/rjeschmi/eb-devel-install/blob/master/docker-compose.yml > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2016, 11:25 AM Elizabeth Fischer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to use EasyBuild on a Mac. I'm running into a lot of "small" >> bugs in the EasyConfigs that make me wonder whether this has ever been run >> on a Mac. For example, zlib checks for a '.so' file, things like that. >> >> Can someone fill me in, what is the history of EasyBuild on Mac? We have >> Macs on our desktop and Linux in the supercomputer center, and I want to >> use EasyBuild to build my software the same on both. >> >> For my purposes, maybe I'll be better off letting MacPorts set up my >> toolchain, and then just using EasyBuild to build the packages that are >> more specific to my project. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks, >> -- Elizabeth >> >> >> >> >>

