utils

Authors:

• Shahzeb Siddiqui (Pfizer)
• Kenneth Hoste (HPC-UGent)
• Mohamed Abidi (Bright Computing)

check_tool(tool_name, min_tool_version=None)

This function is a predicate check for the existence of tool_name on the system PATH. If min_tool_version is not None, it will check that the version has an equal or higher value.

det_os_deps(easyconfigs)

Using an easyconfigs object, this utility function will return a list of operating system dependencies that are required to build one or more easybuilds modules.