Re: [HTCondor-users] Updating htcondor [SEC=OFFICIAL]

["McKenzie, Abbey MISS" <abbey.mckenzie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi Todd,

 

1.       We run a small htcondor cluster in a research environment, on Windows. Its currently version 8.8.9, hasnât been updated since we set the machines up a few years back. We are uplifting the cluster now and want to update to a newer version. As we donât update regularly we thought the LTS version would be the way to go. I was looking for the windows installer to download.

2.       Its Windows, yes I have admin access

3.       I assumed the download page would link to the actual download files and was confused when it just linked to release notes and doco. I did eventually find the download link buried in the documentation which was also pointed out by some helpful forum people.

 

Thanks,

Abbey

 

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Subject: Re: [HTCondor-users] Updating htcondor [SEC=OFFICIAL]

 

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On 9/20/2022 9:12 PM, McKenzie, Abbey MISS via HTCondor-users wrote:

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Hi,

 

Hopefully this is an easy question for someone to answerâI must be missing something

I want to download the htcondor 9.0.16 Long Term Support Release version, but I cant see a download link or button on the webpage - https://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/downloads/htcondor.html

 

Can someone point me in the right direction or send me a direct download link?

Much appreciated

Thanks!

Abbey

 

Hi Abbey,

To help us improve on the experience for the next person, could we ask a few questions about the above?

1.  Above you say you were trying to download HTCondor 9.0.16 LTS... what were you ultimately trying to accomplish after downloading?  For instance: Create a small learning environment on a single machine where you can 'kick the tires' and try out HTCondor commands etc, create a multi-server multi-user computing environment (aka a HTCondor pool), download and build from source, mirror all the binaries locally at your own institution, or ?

2. Are you coming from Linux, Windows, or Mac?  If Linux/Mac, do you have root access to do a system-wide installation?  If Windows, do you have administrator access?

3. Were you hoping/expecting to find a single web page that had links to RPMs, DEBs, tarballs, MSI installers, Docker images, etc? 

Thank you for your feedback / insight!

regards,
Todd


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Todd Tannenbaum <tannenba@xxxxxxxxxxx>  University of Wisconsin-Madison

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