Groups that share packages across users can save storage and network traffic by installing packages from a shared directory (e.g. on a network file server).
Create and populate shared package directory
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Create a quilt_packages directory on the shared file system.
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Set the QUILT_PRIMARY_PACKAGE_DIR to the path for quilt_packages in step 1.
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# select a path that you control & is durable, e.g.
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exportSHARE_PATH=YOUR_SHARED_PATH/quilt_packages
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exportQUILT_PRIMARY_PACKAGE_DIR=$SHARE_PATH
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mkdir -p "$SHARE_PATH"
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chmod o+r "$SHARE_PATH"
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3.
Install packages to the shared directory
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quilt build USERNAME/PACKAGE PATH_TO_BUILD_YML
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quilt install USERNAME/PACKAGE
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4.
Set read permissions on shared directory and sub-directories
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chgrp -R readers "$QUILT_PRIMARY_PACKAGE_DIR"
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chmod -R g+rx "$QUILT_PRIMARY_PACKAGE_DIR"
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Configure clients to read from shared directory
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Each reader should set the following environment variable:
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# consider setting this in .bashrc
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exportQUILT_PACKAGE_DIRS=$SHARE_PATH
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Readers can can import shared packages as follows
example:
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from quilt.data.USERNAME import PACKAGE
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Import precedence
Quilt will first check QUILT_PRIMARY (defaults to the local machine) and then check QUILT_PACKAGE_DIRS (if available) when importing a package.