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 ==== Perl ====
-Perl can be accessed by modules (currently 5.24.0,5.36.0) or you can install perl through conda [[python|python]].
+Perl can be accessed by modules (currently 5.24.0,5.36.0) or you can install and modify perl through conda [[python|python]].
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-To install your own perl modules, you will need to tell perl where to put them and look for them in your disk area.  For example ''YAML::Syck'', adapted from [[https://kb.iu.edu/d/baiu|iu.edu]]
+To install your own perl modules through cpan, you will need to tell perl where to put them and look for them in your disk area.  For example,installing ''YAML::Syck'', adapted from [[https://kb.iu.edu/d/baiu|iu.edu]]. This doesn't work with conda perl yet.  As for installing any software over the internet, use ''srun'' to get a compute node (cloud 1 core is fine and usually immediate).
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-mkdir -p ~/perl5  #once
+c1715:rfeynman:$ mkdir -p ~/perl5  #once
-module load perl/5.36.0 gcc/11.2.1  #it usually works better to have a more modern c compiler
+c1715:rfeynman:$ module load perl/5.36.0 gcc/11.2.1  #it usually works better to have
+# a more modern c compiler, c compiler only needed at install time
-source /share/apps/bin/localperl.sh   #always **after** loading the perl module
+c1715:rfeynman:$ source /share/apps/bin/localperl.sh   #always **after** loading the
+#perl module, both install and run time
-perl -MCPAN -Mlocal::lib -e 'CPAN::install(YAML::Syck)'
+c1715:rfeynman:$ cpanm YAML::Syck
 ...lots of output hopefully ending with...
   /bin/make install  -- OK