Datalad in EasyBuild

[jkuhl-uni]

Hey there,

I just wanted to let you know, that EasyBuild just accepted my PR to introduce Datalad (v0.18.4) into the EasyBuild repo.
This could be useful information in chapter 3.1.2, as EasyBuild is a widely available installation platform for HPC.
While one needs to load Datalad as a module later, it could still be easier to convince your HPC-Admin to install this via EasyBuild, than systemwide :)
The workflow in this paper is still valid and just needs a module load in the beginning.

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[adswa]

Thanks a lot for packaging/adding it to the repo! I'd be happy to add it to the installation instructions - I must admit, however, that I'm unfamiliar with EasyBuild. You mentioned Chapter 3.1.2, but that is for installation instructions for Mac which doesn't sound fitting for HPC. I assume it would be an alternative to a conda-based installation on linux machines without root access (https://handbook.datalad.org/en/latest/intro/installation.html#linux-machines-with-no-root-access-e-g-hpc-systems) - if it requires admin rights, maybe under a heading "For administrators of HPC systems"...
Would you be up to proposing a PR with the right wording, or helping me here with a comment on what do write best?

[jkuhl-uni]

Hi,
I'm sorry, I was in the "advanced" section 3.1.2.
Yes, it would be of interest especially to HPC admins. I think technically it is possible to make the tooling available to everyone on a cluster, but usually only the admins are using it.
Admittedly, I have not yet read through your contributing guidelines properly, but I'd be happy to provide some input or write a short paragraph.

[adswa]

fixed in #1192 - thanks again!