#1104521 'module' function not defined in non-interactive shells

Package:
environment-modules
Source:
environment-modules
Description:
Modular system for handling environment variables
Submitter:
Xavier Delaruelle
Date:
2025-05-01 14:15:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1104521#5
Date:
2025-05-01 14:06:12 UTC
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Current environment-modules package installs the
/etc/profile.d/modules.sh script to get the module function
initialized in interactive shells but no configuration is made to make
module available in non-interactive shells.

Most users also expect to get the module function defined when running
a shell script or when connecting to a host with ssh.

You can find several people expressing this issue on AskUbuntu for instance:

https://askubuntu.com/q/1348222/1028641
https://askubuntu.com/q/1275066/1028641
https://askubuntu.com/q/1539132/1028641
https://askubuntu.com/q/1490728/1028641

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. apt-get install bash environment-modules
2. bash -c 'module --version'

It would be useful to also configure shells to initialize module in
non-interactive mode when installing environment-modules package. Or
at least to print a warning message at the end of the package
installation to indicate some extra configuration steps to perform.
#1104521#10
Date:
2025-05-01 14:12:29 UTC
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Extra configuration steps to apply to get module function defined in
non-interactive shells are described at:
https://modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/INSTALL.html#enable-modules-in-shells