[27317] in Athena Bugs
Re: Debathena Beta: mr
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alec Resnick)
Sun Jun 14 20:35:50 2009
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Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:35:06 -0400
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OK; that sounds pretty good to me. Thanks for taking the time to
explain that, Geoff!
Gratefully,
a.
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On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 19:19, Geoffrey Thomas<geofft@mit.edu> wrote:
> If you sudo easy_install something, it will get cleaned up at logout just
> like when you sudo apt-get install something. You can also easy_install the
> package into your home directory with the techniques listed at
>
> http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#creating-a-virtual-python
>
> and the following section. I'm looking into the possibility of making the
> default location for packages your home directory, as described in a
> previous section on that page.
>
>
> Also, I don't think I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but if you can
> convince us that a package has good general use, and it's in Debian/Ubuntu
> for the releases we support, we can add it to the debathene-extra-software
> metapackage, which also gets pulled in on private workstations and other
> Debathena installations that choose it at install time.
>
> But given that you can install software within your cluster login session,
> that's a better first choice because it scales better than having everyone
> request their favorite packages.
>
> --
> Geoffrey Thomas
> geofft@mit.edu
>
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Alec Resnick wrote:
>
>> Hi! I was wondering if there was any timeline on this, or if it's a
>> wontfix?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> a.
>>
>> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 23:49, Alec Resnick<aresnick@mit.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yep! I guess I was wondering if I could avoid having to install those
>>> apps each time. Do installations from easy_install stick around after
>>> I logout, or is it like apt-get?
>>>
>>> -a.
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 22:20, Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@mit.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Alec,
>>>>
>>>> The Debathena cluster machines have login sandboxes, so you should just
>>>> be
>>>> able to "sudo aptitude install mr" (or apt-get, if that's what you
>>>> prefer);
>>>> the package will get cleaned up when you log out. Same for
>>>> emacs-snapshot
>>>> and irssi.
>>>>
>>>> pip isn't available in the Ubuntu repositories, but you should be able
>>>> to
>>>> install it by running easy_install with sudo.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Geoffrey Thomas
>>>> geofft@mit.edu
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 30 May 2009, aresnick@mit.edu wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> System name: w20-575-6
>>>>> Type: i686
>>>>> Display type: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated
>>>>> Graphics Controller (rev 04)
>>>>>
>>>>> Shell: /bin/athena/bash (?)
>>>>> Window manager: unknown
>>>>>
>>>>> What were you trying to do?
>>>>> Use [mr](http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/mr/)
>>>>>
>>>>> What's wrong:
>>>>> mr isn't installed
>>>>>
>>>>> What should have happened:
>>>>> I should be able to run mr =p
>>>>>
>>>>> Please describe any relevant documentation references:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
