From 3dbfa55957c36e1dad84cd72339cbf3d442212d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Schroschk <martin.schroschk@tu-dresden.de>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 13:26:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add example w.r.t. searching software
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### Examples
+???+ example "Searching for software"
+
+ The process of searching for a particular software you want to use on an HPC system consits of
+ two steps: Login to the target HPC system and invoke `module spider` command to search for the
+ software and list available versions.
+
+ For example, if you want to search for available Matlab versions on `Barnard`, the steps might
+ be:
+
+ ```console
+ marie@login.barnard module spider matlab
+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ MATLAB: MATLAB/2022b
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Description:
+ MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive environment that enables you to perform computationally intensive tasks faster than with
+ traditional programming languages such as C, C++, and Fortran.
+
+
+ You will need to load all module(s) on any one of the lines below before the "MATLAB/2022b" module is available to load.
+
+ release/23.04
+ release/23.10
+ [...]
+ ```
+
+ As you can see, `MATLAB` in version `2022b` is available on Barnard within the releases `23.04`
+ and`23.10`. Additonally, the output provides the information how to load it:
+
+ ```console
+ marie@login.barnard$ module load release/23.10 MATLAB/2022b
+ Module MATLAB/2022b and 1 dependency loaded.
+ ```
+
???+ example "Finding available software"
This examples illustrates the usage of the command `module avail` to search for available Matlab
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