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The following modules are available for perl:

Perl modules can be installed locally in your /home directory easily using cpanm.

• First, allocate an interactive session with plenty of memory:

  user@biowulf:~$ sinteractive --mem=20g

• Choose a location. Most likely ~/perl will work just fine.
• Append the following lines to your ~/.bashrc file, using the following heredoc:

  user@node:~$ cat << EOF >> ~/.bashrc
  
  #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # For local perl
  #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  export LOCALPERL=~/perl
  export PERL5LIB=$LOCALPERL:$LOCALPERL/lib/perl5
  export PERL_CPANM_HOME=$LOCALPERL/cpanm
  export PERL_CPANM_OPT="-l $LOCALPERL"
  export PATH=$LOCALPERL/bin:$PATH
  export PERLDOC_PAGER="less -isR"
  EOF

• Source your ~/.bashrc file:

  user@biowulf:~$ source ~/.bashrc

• Create local directories:

  user@biowulf:~$ mkdir -p $LOCALPERL
  user@biowulf:~$ mkdir -p $PERL_CPANM_HOME

• Install a module:

  user@biowulf:~$ cpanm TableData

• Read about the module:

  user@biowulf:~$ perldoc TableData

• See where it lives:

  user@biowulf:~$ perldoc -l TableData
  ~/perl/lib/perl5/TableData.pm

• More detail:

  user@biowulf:~$ tree -L 3 ~/perl
  ~/perl
  ├── bin
  ├── cpanm
  │   ├── build.log -> ~/perl/cpanm/work/1686253267.119612/build.log
  │   ├── latest-build -> ~/perl/cpanm/work/1686253267.119612
  │   └── work
  │       └── 1686253267.119612
  ├── lib
  │   └── perl5
  │       ├── 5.26.3
  │       ├── Role
  │       ├── RoleBundle
  │       ├── TableData
  │       ├── TableData.pm
  │       ├── TableDataRole
  │       └── x86_64-linux-thread-multi
  └── man
      └── man3
          ├── RoleBundle::TinyCommons::Iterator.3pm
          ├── Role::TinyCommons::Iterator::Basic.3pm
          ├── Role::TinyCommons::Iterator::Bidirectional.3pm
          ├── Role::TinyCommons::Iterator::Circular.3pm
          ├── Role::TinyCommons::Iterator::Resettable.3pm
          ├── TableData.3pm
          ├── TableDataRole::Spec::Basic.3pm
          └── TableData::Test::Spec::Basic.3pm

Some modules may require specific libraries or executables. Other modules may have trouble compiling. If you have difficulties, please send an email to staff@hpc.nih.gov.