SLURM on Mac OS

Question

[Morris_Chair]

Hello everyone, I am following a tutorial of ChIP-seq analysis from YouTube and I have to use a code starting with srun,

It is indicated here

https://slurm.schedmd.com/platforms.html

that SLURM does not work with Mac OS, but is there any prebuilt package to install SLURM on Mac OS? I am on a Mac and I am having trouble installing it.

did anyway had this experience? and how did you solve it?

thank you

Answer 1

[GenoMax]

You can omit the SLURM bits from the tutorial and be able to run the actual unix commands on macOS. As long as you have all programs installed.

Installing a job scheduler on a local mac is probably not worth the hassle (not directly possible based on link you posted) and will not offer any additional advantage.

[Charles Warden]

Yes - I agree.

I think the SLURM instructions are for a shared cluster, not an individual computer (such as your Mac).

I also think this should probably be OK as an answer, but I don't want to downplay the genomax's response that you already have.