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There are hundred if not thousands of software packages and library modules for various programming languages installed on Talapas.  The good news is that whatever you need is likely to already be present.  (And if not, we can often quickly add it.)  The bad news is that sometimes it can be difficult to find.

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The most important thing to realize is that any given command can only come from one source.  Many options above provide the 'python3' command, for example, but if you load more than one, your results may be unreliable.  As a first cut, usually the last thing loaded "wins" in case of a conflict.  The full story is more complicated, though, and if you load clashing packages, it's not difficult to end up in a situation with subtle failures.  In any given shell (or SLURM script), it's best to load as few modules as possible.

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