[lug] Specialized RHEL7 software on Ubuntu

[Steven A Hart]

Brian,

I will try that!  Thanks!

Steve

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Brian Fromme <brianfromme at gmail.com> wrote:

> ​Hi Steve,
>
> I would suggest running a RHEL7 guest OS from KVM.  Setup instructions are
> here:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation
>
> If you have questions getting it going, please feel free to reach out.
>
>  take care,
>  Brian
> ​
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Steven A Hart <steven.hart at colorado.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> I've got a curious issue and looking for advice.  I'm running a very
>> specialized software package from NASA JPL that was designed for RHEL7.  My
>> server is Ubuntu 16.04 and the software runs into alot of problems when
>> forced onto Ubuntu.  This software is non-graphical for the most part and
>> interfaces with python.
>>
>> JPL's stance is to just reload the server with RHEL7 but I cannot /do not
>> want to do that as I have alot of other software packages and data stored
>> on the system.
>>
>> I tried using docker to essentially wrap RHEL7 within Ubuntu but that
>> failed pretty quick as I'm not really up to speed using docker.  If that's
>> the suggested path, I'll jump back in and give it another whirl.  Just
>> looking for suggestions as to other options.  Maybe virtual?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> --
>> Steve Hart
>> Systems Administrator
>> Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
>> University of Colorado Boulder
>> Steven.Hart at colorado.edu
>> (303)492-8109 <(303)%20492-8109>
>>
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Steve Hart
Systems Administrator
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
University of Colorado Boulder
Steven.Hart at colorado.edu
(303)492-8109
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