HPC/Applications/python

Python variants

Interpreter-only releases from the Python Software Foundation

Releases of just a Python interpreter from the python.org sources:

python/pyMajor.pyMinor/compilerName-compMajor.compMinor/pyMajor.pyMinor.pyPatch-moduleBuild

Releases bundled with the OS

The Python interpreter that comes with the operating system is required for many system-provided and add-on packages. It normally does not need to be loaded as a module, but is included here for visibility in the module system.

python-osname/pyMajor.pyMinor/compilerName-compMajor.compMinor/pyMajor.pyMinor.pyPatch

Conda-based Python suite from a distributor

These packages (and their moduels) are rather wide-ranging Python "suites". They contain:

• the Python base interpreter
• the conda/pip package management systems, and,
• a set of default packages selected by the distributor.
• Caveat: The "Intel Python Distribution" also contains an Intel-MPI Runtime (mpirun and related binaries and libraries). This allows convenient use of parallel python features but can clash with other MPI modules on Carbon.

python-distributor/pyMajor.pyMinor/distMajor/distributor_defined_version[…]-moduleBuild

Conda environments

These packages are conda environments, derived from one of the conda suites , with package selection customized for Carbon:

python-env-distributor/pyMajor.pyMinor/distMajor/pyVersion[…]-moduleBuild
# or?
python-env-distributor-Carbon/pyMajor.pyMinor/distMajor/pyVersion[…]-moduleBuild
# Possible extension for alternative package selections:
python-env-distributor-purpose/pyMajor.pyMinor/distMajor/pyVersion[…]-moduleBuild