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 suites
These packages are not specific applications but rather wide-ranging software suites which typically contain:
- a Python interpreter
- the conda/pip package management systems,
- a rich set of Python-native packages and add-on executables as selected by the distributor,
- all underlying libraries like LAPACK and possibly even MPI.
- Idle – Python Integrated DeveLopment Environment
- Tcl – Interpreter for the Tool Command Language
- MPI – Runtime environment for parallel applications using Message Passing Interface.
Caveat: An MPI Runtime (providing the mpirun or mpiexec commands, plus related binaries and libraries)
within a Python subsystem makes parallel computing easily accessible under Python,
but this means loading a "mere python module" can clash with other MPI implementations on Carbon,
which can cause jobs with unrelated compiled applictions to run incorrectly.
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