If you download or install a software package into a private directory, you can create your own (private) modulefile for products that you install by using the following general steps:
Create a private modulefiles directory.
Copy an existing modulefile (to use as a template), or copy the software's corresponding default modulefile from under /opt/modules/modulefiles, into the private modulefiles directory.
Edit and modify the modulefile accordingly.
Register the private directory with the module use command.
To install a variant of a product or package already on the system, copy the existing modulefile for that product to an appropriate name, and edit it accordingly to accommodate the newly-installed product variant.
To install a random product or package should look at the manpages for modulefiles, examine the existing modulefiles, and create a new modulefile for the product being installed using existing modulefiles as a template. To view modules manpages, load the modules modulefile and then display the modulefile manpage:
$ module load modules
$ man modulefile |
Read the manpages for modules so that you know how to create a directory for your private modulefiles and how to use the module use <dirname> module command to use your private modules.
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