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remove perl from quickstart instructions (#4313)
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To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH`, `PYTHONPATH`, and `PERL5LIB` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
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To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH`, and `PYTHONPATH` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
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## Install From Source Tarball
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To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH`, `PYTHONPATH`, and `PERL5LIB` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
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To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH`, and `PYTHONPATH` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
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## Install From Binary Tarball
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To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH`, `PYTHONPATH`, and `PERL5LIB` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
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To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH` and `PYTHONPATH` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
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## Setting Your Environment
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If you installed **CCTools** from github, source tarball, or from a binary tarball, you will need to set some environment variables.
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First determine the `python` and `perl` versions you are using:
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First determine the `python` versions you are using:
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```sh
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# Note: your output may vary according to your python version.
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$ python -c 'from sys import version_info; print("{}.{}".format(version_info.major, version_info.minor))'
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3.7
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$ perl -e 'print("$^V\n")'
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5.16.3
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$ export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/cctools/lib/python3.7/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}
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# Change 5.16.3 to the perl version you found above.
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$ export PERL5LIB=$HOME/cctools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.3:${PERL5LIB}
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## Testing Your Installation
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You can test that the python and perl modules are available with:
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You can test that the python modules are available with:
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$ python -c 'import work_queue; print(work_queue.WORK_QUEUE_DEFAULT_PORT)'
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Remember that for installations from source you need [swig](http://www.swig.org) at compile time, and to set
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the environment variables `PATH`, `PYTHONPATH` and `PERL5LIB` appropriately, as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
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the environment variables `PATH` and `PYTHONPATH` appropriately, as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
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For **conda** installation you should not need to manually
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* [Python](https://www.python.org)
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* [Perl](https://www.perl.org)
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* [CVMFS](https://cvmfs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cpt-quickstart.html)
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* [FUSE](http://fuse.sourceforge.net)
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* [iRODS](http://irods.org) (version 4.0.3)

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