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Expand Up @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ conda activate cctools-dev
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!!! note
To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH`, `PYTHONPATH`, and `PERL5LIB` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH`, and `PYTHONPATH` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)

## Install From Source Tarball

Expand All @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ $ make install
```

!!! note
To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH`, `PYTHONPATH`, and `PERL5LIB` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH`, and `PYTHONPATH` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)

## Install From Binary Tarball

Expand All @@ -122,22 +122,18 @@ $ make install
```

!!! note
To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH`, `PYTHONPATH`, and `PERL5LIB` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
To use the installed software you will need to set the environment variables `PATH` and `PYTHONPATH` as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)

## Setting Your Environment

If you installed **CCTools** from github, source tarball, or from a binary tarball, you will need to set some environment variables.

First determine the `python` and `perl` versions you are using:
First determine the `python` versions you are using:

```sh
# Note: your output may vary according to your python version.
$ python -c 'from sys import version_info; print("{}.{}".format(version_info.major, version_info.minor))'
3.7

# Note: your output may vary according to your perl version.
$ perl -e 'print("$^V\n")'
5.16.3
```

Now update your environment variables with those versions:
Expand All @@ -147,9 +143,6 @@ $ export PATH=$HOME/cctools/bin:$PATH

# Change 3.7 to the python version you found above.
$ export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/cctools/lib/python3.7/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}

# Change 5.16.3 to the perl version you found above.
$ export PERL5LIB=$HOME/cctools/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.3:${PERL5LIB}
```

## Testing Your Installation
Expand All @@ -165,14 +158,11 @@ makeflow version 7.4.3 FINAL (released 2022-02-03 16:26:52 +0000)
...
```

You can test that the python and perl modules are available with:
You can test that the python modules are available with:

```sh
$ python -c 'import work_queue; print(work_queue.WORK_QUEUE_DEFAULT_PORT)'
9123

$ perl -MWork_Queue -e 'print("$Work_Queue::WORK_QUEUE_DEFAULT_PORT\n")'
9123
```

If the above commands fail, please make sure that you follow one (and only
Expand All @@ -182,7 +172,7 @@ make sure that your PYTHONPATH is unset.

!!! warning
Remember that for installations from source you need [swig](http://www.swig.org) at compile time, and to set
the environment variables `PATH`, `PYTHONPATH` and `PERL5LIB` appropriately, as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)
the environment variables `PATH` and `PYTHONPATH` appropriately, as explained [here.](#setting-your-environment)

For **conda** installation you should not need to manually
set any of these variables, and in fact setting them may produce errors.
Expand All @@ -197,7 +187,6 @@ To use these, you must download and
install them separately:

* [Python](https://www.python.org)
* [Perl](https://www.perl.org)
* [CVMFS](https://cvmfs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cpt-quickstart.html)
* [FUSE](http://fuse.sourceforge.net)
* [iRODS](http://irods.org) (version 4.0.3)
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