Talk (non-conference) (Other)

FZJ-2025-02243

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Getting Started as an EasyBuild Contributor

Reuter, J. A. (Corresponding author)FZJ*

2025

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Abstract: EasyBuild is a software build and installation framework, widely used on HPC systems and clusters to manage software installations. With over 20.000 build configs, corresponding build blocks and a whole framework around it, EasyBuild is a large project and contributing can feel intimidating at first. But it does not have to be!In this talk, I will talk about my journey starting to contribute to EasyBuild. I show my personal use case, my motivation to contribute both upstream and at JSC, and my experiences in doing so. I share features I appreciated, how I accidentally broke EasyBuild twice and mention issues I ran into during development.At the end I will open the discussion regarding improvements for users and developers and share things I would like to see in EasyBuild in the future.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Jülich Supercomputing Center (JSC)

Research Program(s):

1. 5112 - Cross-Domain Algorithms, Tools, Methods Labs (ATMLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511) (POF4-511)
2. BMBF 16ME0630 - ENSIMA - Energieoptimiertes High-Performance Computing für Finite-Elemente-Simulationen in der Produktentwicklung (16ME0630) (16ME0630)
3. ATMLPP - ATML Parallel Performance (ATMLPP) (ATMLPP)

Appears in the scientific report 2025

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