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Windows and Mac users are accustomed to downloading Lehigh licensed software from https://software.lehigh.edu. There are a few Linux software listed but these are not available for download. Linux users who wish to use Linux software can mount Sol HPC software stack on their local machine. Users are required need to either know admin credentials on their local resource (aka be able to become root) or need to ask the system administration administrator of their local resource in order to follow the instructions below.

Mounting

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HPC software stack

Sol Software

Add the following line to /etc/fstab 

leviathan.cc.lehigh.edu:/mnt/zhome-core /share/Apps nfs defaults 0 0

Some software may Software will not run on older hardware i.e. anything older than Intel's SandyBridge IvyBridge architecture.

Usage

You need to modify your PATH and optionally the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_INCLUDE_PATH to use the software. The preferred method is to use the module environment to dynamically modify your environment thereby avoiding conflicts with other software in your path.

Environment Module

Add the following two line lines to your .bashrc,

exportsource MODULEPATH=/share/Apps/sharecompilers/Modulesetc/modulefiles/applications:lmod/zlmod.sh
module use --append /share/Apps/share/Modules/modulefiles/library:/compilers/share/Appsspack/share/Modules/modulefiles/toolchainlmod/linux-centos8-x86_64/Core
module load hawk

Additional information on Module Environment. Note that all mpi enabled software is compiled with mvapich2 and designed to run over infiniband and will not run on your local desktop/laptop/workstationFor MPI enabled applications, load the rdma-core and slurm libraries (not guaranteed to work).

Issues with mounting HPC software

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Users should consider building a software stack locally using the SPACK package manager if the network causes performance issues for the software in question.