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The software installed cluster wide on Helium and Neon is not identical and so two separate lists are maintained. Even in cases where the the same package is installed on the systems the versions may be different due to operating system differences or other factors. We generally recommend that you install special specialized software in your home directory but if you feel a package would be is useful for many people or the package requires administrative access to install then send a request to hpc-sysadmins@iowa.uiowa.edu.
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Packages that are installed centrally on an HPC system must be compliant with the University of Iowa policy on software licensing. Verifying compliance is part of the process for installing software centrally and can potentially add days to weeks to the deployment time, depending on the complexity of the software agreement. Also, depending on the nature of the license, we may need to get more information from you. The compliance verification process is described below with the hope that it will give you an idea of what to expect. Generally speaking, we will handle the initiation of the review process but may need to gather more information from the requestor to complete the process. The exception would be is for software that was purchased by a department, in which college or department. In this case the collegiate or department IT staff are likely in a better position generally the best people to drive the review process.
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If the software is not licensed under one of the approved licenses then it will need to go through the review process, even if it is freely available. Information on that the process can be found at Technology Reviews Information | Information Technology Services. There is a form that can be filled out to initiate the review process, Technology Review Process | Information Technology Services. In this case, it is usually just a matter of a review to make sure there are no clauses in the license that may be problematic. In some cases this may require access restrictions. An example of that would be software that requires registration to use.
Software that was purchased and has a license agreement
These are the ones that tend to be the most complex and therefore take the longest. The agreement that was signed at purchase will need to be provided for review. These Software in this category almost always will require requires a defined scheme of access control before deployment is approved by the University General Counsel.
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