The Environment Modules package is a widely used tool for managing information (modulefiles) about installed software. It comes with integration into the shell.

• To be able to use the module command to load software.

• Comprehend that Modules can have dependencies and conflicts
  • a Module can enforce that other Modules that it depends on must be loaded before the Module itself can be loaded
  • conflicting modules must not be loaded at the same time (e.g. two version of a compiler)

• Query information about packages
  1. list
  2. avail
  3. whatis
  4. search
  5. display
  6. help
• Load/Unload software modules
  1. load/unload
  2. purge
  3. swap
  4. switch
• Describe the MODULEPATH variable