Install Stata on DieC large memory HPC/TYPE 3 (Hippo)¶

This is a guide on how to install Stata on DieC large memory HPC/TYPE 3 (Hippo).

Prerequisite reading:

Using Conda for easy management of Python and R environments

Get Stata license and Installation file (CBS Users)¶

Follow the instructions to get a Stata license at CBS https://studentcbs.sharepoint.com/sites/ITandCampus/SitePages/en/Free-software.aspx

You will recieve an email with license and installation information (see image below).

Download the installation file (Stata17Linux64.tar) and upload this to your UCloud directory.

Installing Stata on Type 3¶

Launch a "Terminal App" UCloud Job and include the stata installation file (Stata17Linux64.tar)¶

Run following commands in the terminal:

# Unzip installation file to temp folder
mkdir /home/user/statafiles
cd /home/user/statafiles
tar -zxf /home/user/Stata17Linux64.tar.gz

# Install Stata on in "/home/user/stata17". Say yes when asked during installtion
mkdir /home/user/stata17 
cd /home/user/stata17

/home/user/statafiles/install

# Set stata to Unix path
export PATH="/home/user/stata17:$PATH"

# Initialize Stata
/home/user/stata17/stinit

# Follow instructions and add "Serial number", "Code" and "Authorization" from the Stata license mail

# Check stata installation
which stata

# Run stata
stata
# or
stata-se
# or
stata-mp

# Get following dependency error: 
stata: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Install dependencies using Easybuild¶

eb ncurses-5.9.eb -r

module load ncurses/5.9

Run Stata¶

# Run stata
stata
# or
stata-se
# or
stata-mp

# Output
  ___  ____  ____  ____  ____ ®
 /__    /   ____/   /   ____/      17.0
___/   /   /___/   /   /___/       BE—Basic Edition

 Statistics and Data Science       Copyright 1985-2021 StataCorp LLC
                                   StataCorp
                                   4905 Lakeway Drive
                                   College Station, Texas 77845 USA
                                   800-STATA-PC        https://www.stata.com
                                   979-696-4600        stata@stata.com

Stata license: Unlimited-user network, expiring 27 Dec 2023
Serial number: 401709301397
  Licensed to: Kristoffer Gulmark Poulsen
               Type 3

Notes:
      1. Unicode is supported; see help unicode_advice.

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“stata17” and "easybuild" will not be placed on the Hippo Home folder¶

Activate Stata on a new Type 3 Job¶

Add the stata17 folder to the job

# Set stata to Unix path
export PATH="/home/user/stata17:$PATH"

# Check stata installation
which stata

# Load dependies
module load ncurses/5.9

# Run stata
stata
# or
stata-se
# or
stata-mp

# Output

  ___  ____  ____  ____  ____ ®
 /__    /   ____/   /   ____/      17.0
___/   /   /___/   /   /___/       BE—Basic Edition

 Statistics and Data Science       Copyright 1985-2021 StataCorp LLC
                                   StataCorp
                                   4905 Lakeway Drive
                                   College Station, Texas 77845 USA
                                   800-STATA-PC        https://www.stata.com
                                   979-696-4600        stata@stata.com

Stata license: Unlimited-user network, expiring 27 Dec 2023
Serial number: 401709301397
  Licensed to: Kristoffer Gulmark Poulsen
               Type 3

Notes:
      1. Unicode is supported; see help unicode_advice.

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Create a Conda Stata environment¶

Assumes that miniconda3 has been installed. For more information on how to install conda on Type 3 see here.

# Create conda environment
conda create -n myenv_stata python
conda activate myenv_stata
conda install ipykernel
pip install stata-setup
pip install pystata
ipython kernel install --name myenv_stata --user # Make python available to JupyterLab

Run Stata in a Jupyter notebook¶

Start Jupyter interface¶

Add token to open jupyter¶

Open a new python notebook¶

Configure the stata installation¶

import stata_setup

stata_setup.config("/work/stata17", "se")

# Output

  ___  ____  ____  ____  ____ ®
 /__    /   ____/   /   ____/      17.0
___/   /   /___/   /   /___/       SE—Standard Edition

 Statistics and Data Science       Copyright 1985-2021 StataCorp LLC
                                   StataCorp
                                   4905 Lakeway Drive
                                   College Station, Texas 77845 USA
                                   800-STATA-PC        https://www.stata.com
                                   979-696-4600        stata@stata.com

Stata license: Unlimited-user network, expiring 27 Dec 2023
Serial number: 401709301397
  Licensed to: Kristoffer Gulmark Poulsen
               CBS Account

Notes:
      1. Unicode is supported; see help unicode_advice.
      2. Maximum number of variables is set to 5,000; see help set_maxvar.

Run your code using the stata magic (%%stata) the Configure the stata installation¶

"%%stata" - cell magic is used to execute Stata code within a cell.

"%stata" - line magic provides users a quick way to execute a single-line Stata command.

Find more information on the stata magic here.

%%stata

sysuse auto, clear

summarize mpg

# Output
. 
. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 automobile data)

. 
. summarize mpg

    Variable |        Obs        Mean    Std. dev.       Min        Max
-------------+---------------------------------------------------------
         mpg |         74     21.2973    5.785503         12         41