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To enable support for Software Collections on your system, so that you can enable and build Software Collections, you need to have the scl-utils and scl-utils-build packages installed.
If the scl-utils and scl-utils-build packages are not already installed on your system, you can install them by typing the following at a shell prompt as root:
yum install scl-utils
The scl-utils package provides the scl
tool that lets you enable Software Collections on your system.
The scl
tool is used to enable a Software Collection and to run applications in the Software Collection environment.
General usage of the scl
tool can be described using the following syntax:
scl action software_collection_1 software_collection_2 command
For example, to directly run Perl with the --version
option in a Software Collection named softwarecollection1, execute the following command:
scl enable software_collection_1 'perl --version'
Alternatively, you can create a wrapper script that shortens the commands for running applications in the Software Collection environment.
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