Installation

This guide covers how to install the Scheduler library for AID2E.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.7 or later
• pip package manager

Basic Installation

You can install the Scheduler library from source:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/aid2e/scheduler_epic
cd scheduler

# Install the basic package
pip install -e .

Installation with Specific Backends

The Scheduler supports different execution backends. You can install the dependencies for the ones you need:

With Slurm Support

pip install -e .[slurm]

With PanDA Support

pip install -e .[panda]

With All Features

pip install -e .[slurm,panda]

Development Installation

For development purposes, you may want to install the development dependencies:

pip install -e .[dev]

or

pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

Verifying Installation

You can verify that the installation was successful by running:

import scheduler
print(scheduler.__version__)

This should print the version number of the installed package.

System Requirements

• Local Execution (JobLibRunner): Any system with Python and sufficient RAM/CPU for your tasks
• Slurm Execution (SlurmRunner): Access to a Slurm cluster
• PanDA Execution (PanDARunner): Access to the PanDA distributed computing system