Dear Kenneth, Kenneth Hoste <kenneth.ho...@ugent.be> writes:
> Dear Loris, > > On 12/10/2018 15:28, Loris Bennett wrote: >> Hi, >> >> When tring to install via bootstrap_eb.py on CentOS 7 I get the >> following error: >> >> [[INFO]] EasyBuild bootstrap script (version 20180925.01, MD5: >> 4e568883f293f94ade46a14d25cb6b94) >> ... >> easybuild.tools.build_log.EasyBuildError: 'EasyBuild requires Lmod >= >> v6.6.3, found v6.5.1' >> >> The documentation doesn't mention this dependency. Should it? > > We don't explicitly mention the required Lmod version in the documentation > since > that increases the risk of having outdated documentation when the version is > bumped (like it was for EasyBuild v3.7.0). > > The version requirement will be slightly lowered again in the upcoming > EasyBuild > v3.7.1 btw, see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/2593. > And you'll get the possibility to bypass the module version check entirely (at > your own risk, of course), see > https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/2610 . > > For now, you can install previous version (EasyBuild v3.6.2) instead doesn't > require Lmod 6.x yet (in fact, it'll still be happy with an ancient Lmod 5.x), > as follows: > > EASYBUILD_BOOTSTRAP_FORCE_VERSION=3.6.2 python bootstrap_eb.py ... OK, thanks for the information. If the dependency on the exact version of Lmod is so volatile that documenting it explicitly would be a pain, perhaps the solution above could be mentioned as a general workaround for dependency problems. I think this would be handy as everyone running CentOS or similar will get bitten by this. However, I found the following information regarding a newer version of Lmod: https://lists.ugent.be/wws/arc/easybuild/2018-09/msg00030.html and will try out version 6.6.3. Cheers, Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de
