# VSC Central Software Installation

## Notes sync meeting 2022-06-28

### Attendees (+ experience with EasyBuild)

- UGent
- Kenneth Hoste
- Balazs Hajgato
- VUB
- Samuel Moors
- Alex Domingo
- KUL
- Ehsan Moravveji (didn't join)
- Maxime Van Den Bossche
- UA
- Engelbert Tijskens
- Robin Verschoren

### Notes

- discussed workflow for https://github.com/vscentrum/vsc-software-stack repository
- open issues for intall requests you may want to get help with
- use `main` branch of repository as sandbox environment for work-in-progress easyconfigs
- subdirectory per open issue, to avoid having to deal with merge conflicts all the time
- HPC-UGent is switching to this repository for their collaboration with consultants regarding software installation requests
- Alex: CESM (https://github.com/vscentrum/vsc-software-stack/issues/8)
- `CESM-dep` is a bundle of dependencies for CESM
- CESM itself is compiled & configured by users themselves
- HPC-VUB provides configuration files for VSC systems via https://github.com/vub-hpc/cesm-config
- Kenneth: SISSO++ (https://github.com/vscentrum/vsc-software-stack/issues/5)
- PRs to central easyconfigs repo are open
- Sam can take a look at getting those merged (as EasyBuild Maintainer-of-the-Week)
- Maxime: trouble with older Intel MPI versions on RHEL 8.6
- see also https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/issues/15651
- only real workaround currently is to bump to newer `impi` version in `intel` toolchains...
- meeting every week vs every other week:
- stick to every other week for now, increase frequency if needed
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- EasyBuild tutorial on Wed 29 June
- be prepared for some hands-on exercises!

### Actions items

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