Module Basics: A robust way to manage multi-version softwares in Linux

The module package is available on the computing clusters, allowing users to access alternative versions of standard packages. The specific modules can be loaded or unloaded as per requirements. This allows users to have access to multiple versions of the same software. This is also an alternative way to configure your environment module as required by many scientific tools.

Basic Commands

module list	List currently loaded modules.
module avail	List available packages.
module spider	List available packages in a different format.
module help <moduleFile>	Description of specified module.
module show <moduleFile>	Displays information about specified module, including environment changes, dependencies, software version and path.
module load <moduleFile>	Loads module or specifies which dependencies have not been loaded.
module unload <moduleFile>	Unloads specified module from environment.
module purge	Unloads all loaded modules

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