Platform R: Software Available
Platform R provides a standard Ubuntu 22 Linux environment. In addition to the scientific packages described below, it includes the following common tools:
- Editors
- emacs
- nano
- vi(m)
- pico
- Development Tools
- make
- cmake
- gcc, g++, gfortran
- git
- perl
- Session Management
- tmux - see Platform R: TMUX (Terminal Multiplexer)
- screen
Conda
Miniconda is installed for all users. Once you have initialized an environment you can install packages from Conda-Forge and PyPI.
Spack
Spack, a package manager for scientific computing, is installed for all users. It provides access to more than 8,000 software packages. See Install Spack to get started with spack on Platform R.
R
R is available either through spack or by using a container. Once your R environment is ready, you can install packages from CRAN and Bioconductor.
Containers
Singularity (also known as Apptainer) is installed for all users on the compute nodes. From Platform R both Docker Hub and the Nvidia Container Registry are available. See Platform R: Using Containers in Slurm to get started.
Slurm
Slurm is the cluster management and job scheduling system used in Platform R. See Using Slurm for Job Management to get started.
Additional Software Requests
If there is software you need but which cannot be installed by spack, please contact us.