GNU module load before loading python module

Question

On a server I am working on, I need to run the following commands to ensure the xlsxwriter is available to import from python:

module load swdev
module load python/xlsxwriter_py3.4.2/0.7.2

However, I would like this to be done automatically when the python script that needs it is run, from within the python script. Running os.system or subprocess.call doesn't work. How do I do this?

do you have appropriate permissions, to run `module load`? What errors do you get if you run `subprocess.check_call('module load swdev'.split())`? — jfs, Oct 23 '15 at 19:34
I don't get any errors, but `import xlsxwriter` doesn't work after I run the command — texasflood, Oct 23 '15 at 20:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 05 '18 at 20:51

You can call module from a Python script. The module command is provided by the environment-modules software, which also provides a python.py initialization script.

Evaluating this script in a Python script enables the module python function. If environment-modules is installed in /usr/share/Modules, you can find this script at /usr/share/Modules/init/python.py.

Following code enables module python function:

import os
exec(open('/usr/share/Modules/init/python.py').read())

Thereafter you can load your modules:

module('load', 'swdev')
module('load', 'python/xlsxwriter_py3.4.2/0.7.2')

GNU module load before loading python module

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