⚠️ Only UCSF P1-P2 data ("research using public data sets") is allowed on the Wynton cluster as of 2026-01-30.

⚠️ Please note that the Wynton HPC service is being phased out as part of the Wynton Transition project and is scheduled to retire in early March, 2027. New research projects should generally use the newer FAC and CoreHPC environment instead. ⚠️

Missing Software? #

Don’t find the software you need for your analysis? If so, you have a few options:

Install it yourself to your own account
- Download a pre-built binary
- Build software from source (traditional, e.g. ./configure --prefix ~/software, make, and make install)
Use Apptainer to run it via a Linux container
- Pull down an existing image from public repositories such as Docker Hub and Biocontainers (e.g. apptainer build blast.sif docker://biocontainers/blast:2.2.31 and apptainer exec blast.sif blastp -help)
- Create your own Linux containers
Reach out to the Wynton HPC user community
- It could be that someone else has already installed it, is interested in also installing it, or is willing to help
Missing core software or missing SCL?
- If a core software or a Software Collection (SCL) is missing, it is likely that the system administrators are willing to add it - please let us know