I need to install some softwares from OpenHPC repository and I'm in
doubt about which one to use, pkglist/dir or otherpkglist/dir?
What is the difference between this two?
Hi Daniel,
This is by no means a way that xCAT guys document it, but this is how we
do it, and how we see things
pkglist and pkgdir is for those packages that is from the distribution
operating system, and therefore you should be able to just list these
packages without naming any folders as such. These would be installed as
part of anaconda (if you're a redhat based person). For example, we
normally have 2 directories in the pkgdir, one for the base OS, and one
for the updates (i.e. using CentOS base and updates) that have been
sync'd to the xCAT master. Then while the machine is installing, it will
install the updated packages, rather than having to install the base
first, then apply the updates. This allows to have the latest kernel by
default, and don't have to do extra reboots afterwards.
The otherpkgdir and the otherpkglist is used for any packages that are
not provided by the distribution operating system, and the packages from
the web. I would normally add extras, opstools, slurm, cuda in this case
In your scenario, we would go with adding OpenHPC into the otherpkglist
I hope that makes sense
regards,
Arif
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