How to install software on Viya 4 compute server?

[analyser_xyz]

Dear Expert,

In SASStudio, I tried to clone git repo by invoking git command via x statement, but return 'git command not found error', seems SAS will search the git command on the compute server that current SAS session connecting to. I connected to compute server pod shell, but it even have no dnf command, so how to install git on compute server? 

the code:

data _null_;

x "git clone giturl localdir";

run;

Thanks!

[andreas_lds]

You could use git_clone() instead, see https://documentation.sas.com/doc/de/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lefunctionsref/n10pxql65jtf4sn11m3d6jzcrgcz.h... for details.

[analyser_xyz]

Thanks, but how git_clone() support depth option likes git command? git clone --depth 1 giturl

[analyser_xyz]

Hope Viya will provide a simple way to let user install other software that can be invoked by x statement.

[gwootton]

You cannot install new software packages in the compute server container, but as andreas_lds mentioned SAS has built in git integration functions you can use. SAS Studio also has git functionality in the UI that makes use of these functions.

https://go.documentation.sas.com/doc/en/webeditorcdc/5.2/webeditorug/n0vksc2mc4hpypn1q87623fbxp55.ht...

Alternatively, you could clone the repository outside of the container and mount that repository into the container as a volume.

[analyser_xyz]

Thanks, yes, but where can I add --depth or other git option with this way?

[analyser_xyz · Accepted solution]

Ok, found a indirectly way to do so, just build a static git command under the NFS folder /data/sascode which can be accessed by computer server as mapped folder /sascode, then this git command can be executed on compute server now:

static built git command is the key, it does not need the third party components which are not available on compute server.