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Update software called 'modules' to a newer version - instructions #544

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eMKiso opened this issue Sep 11, 2024 · 4 comments
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Update software called 'modules' to a newer version - instructions #544

eMKiso opened this issue Sep 11, 2024 · 4 comments
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@eMKiso
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eMKiso commented Sep 11, 2024

Dear all,

perhaps I am missing something and I was also not able to find anything with google search not in the documentation.

OBJECTIVE
I have a version of modules X.Y and want to update to the latest (or a specific newer version).

How do I do that? I cannot figure out, how to update software modules that was installed manually (not through a package manager).

Thanks!

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Dear @eMKiso,

The INSTALL guide should help you I think: https://modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/INSTALL.html

Please let me know if something is unclear.

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eMKiso commented Sep 12, 2024

Hi @xdelaruelle,

thanks for the quick reply.
The install instructions I actually did check beforehand, but unfortunately the word 'update' doesn't appear even once on the link: https://modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/INSTALL.html. There is one occurrence of the word 'upgrade'. Perhaps just a short paragraphs with some basic instructions would be useful.

I skimmed through the installation page above but didn't really find much connected to the update info, what could/should be backuped before an update etc. Perhaps a warning about important breaking changes (I did find those on a separate subpage). My main concern is, that I installed the software in 2018 and don't really want to break anything and I don't really remember what manual changes I did to the 'config' at that time. I would just like to update to the newest v4 because of one specific feature.

I guess I'll try and in case something goes wrong I'll use the system backup and revert back to the old version.

It is really good and useful software, I used it on multiple HPCs. Thank you for all your effort!

Best regards!

@xdelaruelle xdelaruelle added this to the 5.5.0 milestone Sep 13, 2024
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Thanks for your explanations. I will try to update the documentation to provide hints when upgrading Modules instead of installing it from scratch.

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eMKiso commented Sep 13, 2024

Thank you very much! Much appreciated!

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