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Unsupported Software

This page documents frequently-requested applications that CSCS does not provide pre-built on Alps as supported software.

Prohibited applications

The use of the following applications prohibited from use on CSCS systems.

Software Use Reason Prohibited
Gaussian Electronic structure simulation License terms prohibit installation on CSCS systems

Installation guides

This is a collection of installation guides for commonly-used software that is not on CSCS list of officially supported software.

Contributions welcome!

The guides here are best effort, and may become out of date.

If you see that a guide is out of date, you are welcome to propose an update or make a contribution.

You are responsible for respecting license terms

When installing software that require a license, it is the responsibility of users to ensure that the software is only available to them personally, or to members of their group who are also permitted by the license to access the software.