I am working with Iraf and I need to install the external package “sptable”. The only way I found in order to install Iraf nowadays is described in this site: https://glauffer.github.io/2018-08-03-the-easy-way-to-install-iraf/ In order to install sptable I found two site which describe the same pr…
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How to precise the Perl version when creating a package using conda-build
I am trying to create a package for a Perl module I have and then put it in a local channel to be able to install it in a conda environement. I am trying to follow the conda documentation but as it’s the first time I’m trying to do that, I kind of lost myself. Doc to create a conda
Install TCP Wrappers in Slackware 14.2
How to install TCP Wrappers using the appropriate package manager? When I run pkgtool, I can see in the list that tcp_wrappers is included tcp_wrappers-7.6-x86_64-1. I want to install it. I tried the command below, with no luck. Whenever I run the command above, it says So I navigated to /var/log/packages, wh…
COTson linux installation
I’m new in linux, and i know that this should be a stupid question, but i didn’t find anything over the internet, so i decide to ask it here: During the configuration of the COTson program using this line of code it gives me an error: CODE: ./configure –simnow_dir ../simnow-linux64-4.6.2pub …
Create debian package from source file with multiple binaries
I have a C/C++ am autoconf source package for Linux that consist of several binaries, logical in development as many of them share the same source. Some binaries run in a graphical environment, some are server components, some drivers for the server, libs and others are shell commands. I would like to make a …
How to run an installed python package from terminal
I have a python code like so The run.py has a function like so: After installing this package how do I execute the run.py script on my terminal. I realize this question has been asked before but I wasn’t satisfied with that answer as it did not offer me any insight. Answer You want This relies on PYTHON…
Why there are many i686 RPMs in CentOS x86_64 repository?
I’m looking at http://mirror.centos.org/centos-7/7.3.1611/os/x86_64/Packages where there are many i686 RPMs included. Not every x86_64 RPM has its i686 RPM counterpart though. I thought i686 packages are for 32 bit machine only, but why are they present under x86_64 directory? Are they really needed for…
Schedule a function that belongs to an R package
I’m trying to build an R package whose goal is to run a series of analyses by taking input data and writing output data to an external database (PostgreSQL). Specifically, I need a set of operations to be scheduled to run on a daily basis. Therefore, I have written some bash scripts with R code (using t…
How do I find which user installed a package in linux?
Is there a way to find out which user installed a package in linux? Answer Usually packets are installed by the superuser (root) account. In case users use sudo to install them, you can check ~/.bash_history for each user tu inspect who issued the $ sudo apt-get install PACKAGE (in case you’re using apt…
How to install a package in user defined directory using apt-get?
I’m using ubuntu, whenever I install any package it gets installed in standard directories /usr/lib /usr/local/lib etc. I want to install a package in a non standard directory. Is there any way to do this? Answer It is generally discouraged as you’ll run into many complications like dependencies a…