Software Installation
Sofwtare Installation
Often, you may find that you need to install software that is not available on the LSC Network. If it is available as an Ubuntu package, then it can be installed globally. In order to check this, go to Ubuntu Packages and search for the software in the "Xenial" (16.04) repository.
If it is not available as an Ubuntu package, you will probably
have to install it yourself. Most open-source packages
come with detailed instructions on how to do this yourself.
The main point to remember is that you should install the software
in a directory to which you have write-access, such as
a /local/data/public/userid directory. You will usually
need to specify ./configure --prefix=/local/data/public/pmb39/MySoftware
when configuring the software to ensure that this happens.
In a few (rare) cases, where many members of the group need to use the same non-standard software, it may be possible to ask a sysadmin to compile and install it globally.