install-alliance

How to install on the Digital Research Alliance of canada

The steps are nearly the same for LBL on Alliance, but we put them here to make it as easy as possible.

Step 1: download lbl

git clone https://github.com/njcuk9999/lbl.git

Step 2: make a new environment (and upgrade pip) 

Note you could use an existing one if you wish but beaware lbl needs exact modules (so we don't recommend using a current environment)

module load StdEnv/2023 python/3.12 hdf5 cmake/3.31.0

virtualenv  {env path + name}

pip install --no-index --upgrade pip

Step 3: source new (or existing environment)

module load StdEnv/2023 python/3.12 hdf5 cmake/3.31.0 

source {env path + name}/bin/activate

Step 4: Install LBL

pip install -e './lbl'

Using LBL

Please do not try to run LBL in a directory with a folder named "lbl" it will break.

You must load the modules and source the environment every time you want to use LBL

module load StdEnv/2023 python/3.12 hdf5 cmake/3.31.0 

source {env path + name}/bin/activate

Then you can run LBL as normal.