HPC-Stack User’s Guide

Contents:

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Background
  • 1.2. Instructions
  • 1.3. Disclaimer
• 2. Install and Build the HPC-Stack
  • 2.1. Install and Build the HPC-Stack in a Singularity Container
    • 2.1.1. Install Singularity
    • 2.1.2. Build and Run the Container
    • 2.1.3. Build the HPC-Stack
  • 2.2. Non-Container HPC-Stack Installation and Build (General/Linux)
    • 2.2.1. Install Prerequisites
    • 2.2.2. Ubuntu Linux (20.04, 22.04) Example
    • 2.2.3. Configure the Build
    • 2.2.4. Set Up Compiler, MPI, Python & Module System
    • 2.2.5. Build the HPC-Stack
• 3. Install and Build HPC-Stack on MacOS
  • 3.1. Prerequisites for Building HPC-Stack
    • 3.1.1. Install Homebrew and Xcode Command-Line Tools (CLT)
    • 3.1.2. Install Compilers
    • 3.1.3. Install CMake
    • 3.1.4. Install/Upgrade Make
    • 3.1.5. Install Openssl@3
    • 3.1.6. Install Lmod
    • 3.1.7. Install wget
    • 3.1.8. Install or Update Python3 and Python2
    • 3.1.9. Install Git and Git-lfs
  • 3.2. Building HPC-Stack
    • 3.2.1. Clone HPC-Stack
    • 3.2.2. Lmod Environment
    • 3.2.3. Specify Compiler, Python, and MPI
    • 3.2.4. Set Appropriate Flags
    • 3.2.5. Set Environment Variables
    • 3.2.6. Specify MPI Libraries
    • 3.2.7. Set Up the Modules and Environment
    • 3.2.8. Building HPC-Stack
• 4. Installation of the HPC-Stack Prerequisites
• 5. Build Parameters
  • 5.1. Compiler & MPI
  • 5.2. Other Parameters
• 6. HPC-Stack Components
• 7. HPC-Stack Additional Notes
  • 7.1. Setting Compiler Flags and Other Options
  • 7.2. Adding a New Library or Package
  • 7.3. Configuring for a new HPC
  • 7.4. Using the DOWNLOAD_ONLY Option
  • 7.5. Using the HPC-Stack
  • 7.6. Known Workaround for Certain Installations of Lmod
  • 7.7. Known Issues