[27614] in Athena Bugs
Re: Debathena: --help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Fri Nov 30 14:37:17 2012
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From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:35:19 -0500
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To: Stephen A Freiberg <saf@mit.edu>
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Hi Stephen,
You are correct, is not possible to install software that persists between sessions. We periodically consider adding packages to the suite of software installed on all cluster machines, if the software is available in the Ubuntu repositories. If you let us know the name of the relevant package(s), we can consider this, though at this point, we're unlikely to make any changes between now and February.
That having been said, if you're hosting this site on Scripts, then the post commit hook is likely running on Scripts, and thus the software would need to be installed on the Scripts hosts, not the Athena cluster machines. You can contact scripts@mit.edu to request the installation of software on the Scripts hosts.
Finally, you can install the software in AFS, such as in your home directory, or in a group or organizational locker. If the software is in AFS, then you can run it from any Athena workstation or Scripts host.
-Jon
On Nov 30, 2012, at 2:22 PM, saf@MIT.EDU wrote:
> System name: QUICK-W20-COPY1
> Type: x86_64
> Display type: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450]
>
> Shell: /bin/athena/bash (?)
> Window manager: unknown
>
> What were you trying to do?
> I am using MIT/scripts to host a post-receive git commit hook that is triggered
> by GitHub. I want this commit hook to be able to deploy to Heroku. This means
> that the Heroku toolchain would need to be installed on cluster machines.
>
> I attempted to install the Heroku toolchain, but apparently installs are
> limited to the current login sandbox on cluster machines. Is it possible to
> have the heroku toolchain installed on all machines?
>
> What's wrong:
> Cannot install software that persists between logins.
>
> What should have happened:
> This is the correct behavior...
>
> Please describe any relevant documentation references:
> toolbelt.heroku.com/debian
