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rpguiteras edited this page Dec 1, 2025 · 9 revisions

https://hpc.ncsu.edu/Software/Software.php

Software available by default

https://hpc.ncsu.edu/Software/Software.php#staff

Popular economics programs include Julia, Mathematica, MATLAB, Python, R and SAS. Many of these have pages with program-specific advice and templates, for example:

Stata 18.5 and 19.5 are available to ARE - access can be requested through an access form. See https://github.com/rpguiteras/HPC/wiki/Stata-on-the-HPC for Stata-specific advice.

User-installed software

Overview: https://hpc.ncsu.edu/Software/Software.php#user

More detailed guidance for installing software: https://hpc.ncsu.edu/Software/install_faq.php

Conda is an open source package management system that can be used on HPC:

https://hpc.ncsu.edu/Software/Apps.php?app=Conda

Adding modules and packages

HPC software may "live" in a place where you do not have write permissions. This can make it difficult to add non-standard modules or packages.

For an example of how to address this in Stata, see User-Written Commands on the Stata on the HPC page. Similar workarounds may be necessary for other programs -- examples would be welcome.

Be sure to check the HPC resource page for the program you are using. For example, the HPC R page discusses installing R packages through Conda (the method they recommend) or install.packages.

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