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libconfig

License information

Libconfig is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 a copy of which is also available as the COPYING.LIB file in the libconfig GitHub repository.

After installing and loading the module, the license information can also be found in $EBROOTLIBCONFIG/share/licenses/libconfig.

User-installable modules (and EasyConfigs)

Install with the EasyBuild-user module:

eb <easyconfig> -r

To access module help after installation and get reminded for which stacks and partitions the module is installed, use module spider libconfig/<version>.

EasyConfig:

• EasyConfig libconfig-1.7.3.eb, will build libconfig/1.7.3

Technical documentation

This library came into the software stack as a dependency of the custom CXI provider.

• libconfig in GitHub

  • GitHub releases

EasyBuild

• libconfig in the EasyBuilders repository

• libconfig in Spack

Version 1.7.3 for SYSTEM

• This EasyConfig was developed to build a custom CXI provider for use with Open MPI 5 in September 2025.

• The EasyConfig is derived from the EasyBuilders one.