module: command not found

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I'm attempting to load several modules for building a library on Linux but am told that the command 'module' doesn't exist. I've Googled around and discovered that the solution was to source a directory called "module" which I am unable to locate despite extensive searching.

I'm not quite sure what I should and any help would be appreciated (it might help to know that the makefile I'm working with uses csh while my default shell is bash). Thanks!

Please post some code samples, maybe part of your Makefile. And any error message you're getting — Sam Post, Feb 13 '10 at 14:30
can you try running 'which module', may be the $PATH doesn't have the command/script called module — questzen, Feb 13 '10 at 14:42
Specifying what library you're trying to build would also be potentially helpful. — Kevin Reid, Feb 13 '10 at 14:43

Baedsch · Answer 1 · 2019-04-16T09:56:19.427

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I tried to reproduce it and it turns out that for me sourcing

source /etc/profile.d/modules.sh

in th .sh script helps for bash and similar. For csh and tcsh, you have to add

source /etc/profile.d/modules.csh

to the script. Note, that this line must come first and then the

module load foo

line.

edited Apr 16 '19 at 09:56

answered Apr 16 '19 at 08:51

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icasimpan · Answer 2 · 2020-01-16T16:24:34.050

I got here as I was searching for ways to install multiple php versions in CentOS7 and https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2019/05/22/PHP-7.4-as-Software-Collection was one of the articles I tried to follow and encountered the same "module: command not found" issue.

Sourcing /etc/profile via command:

. /etc/profile

seems to make the "module load" work.

Credits to fadishei in https://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?262708-module-command-not-found

To make the version of php (e.g. php7.4) persist, append the following to file /etc/profile.d/custom.sh

source /etc/profile.d/modules.sh
module load php74

Reboot and run the php --version to cross-check that php 7.4 is the current version installed.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '23 at 08:40

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In my case, I was using zsh instead of the default bash shell.

After switching to bash and submitting the script, it worked out

answered May 01 '23 at 08:40

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 25 '12 at 21:47

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I think that you have to put this in your script to define the module command:

module () {
    eval `/usr/bin/modulecmd bash $*`
}

edited Sep 25 '12 at 21:47

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answered Sep 18 '12 at 09:14

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 24 '20 at 10:52

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This was working for me

#!/bin/bash -i // it will make this interactive

edited Dec 24 '20 at 10:52

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answered Dec 24 '20 at 10:03

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This is dangerous, it can hide the real problem. – Fisher Mar 06 '23 at 12:15

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