module load - how to load modulefiles

Question

I am trying to replicate a tutorial on my Ubuntu 18.04.

There are two lines: module load dev/python/2.7.6 module load stats/R/3.2.1-Cairo

I am not quite sure how to load modules. I tried downloading http://modules.sourceforge.net/ .

I am not sure how to do so. If I am correct I may need to download the module files myself. Does anyone know where I can do so?

Thank you so much!

Answer 1

If you are using Ubuntu 18.04 you could easily install environment-modules from the official Ubuntu package repository. For instance from a terminal with apt-get command:

apt-get install environment-modules

If you start a new terminal afterwards, you should get the module command available from your default shell.

Modulefiles do not come along with the module command. They are generally provided by the third-party handling the installation of the software that need to be activated though modulefile.

In your situation, I imagine you should get these modulefiles from your tutorial. Or you are expected to connect to a given system providing these modulefiles.