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+XDS
+
+Step 1: login with your -adm account
+
+```
+[smith_k@ra-l-005 xds]$ kinit smith_k-adm
+[smith_k@ra-l-005 xds]$ aklog
+```
+
+Step 2: load the latest Pmodules package
+
+```
+module use unstable
+module load Pmodules/1.1.20
+```
+
+Step 3: go into xds directory, update config.yaml to add newest release version and build module with that release name (e.g. below is for 20240724)
+
+```
+cd xds
+vi files/config.yaml
+./build 20240724
+```
+
+Step 4: confirm that the module loads as expected 
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diff --git a/xds/build b/xds/build
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+#!/usr/bin/env modbuild
+
+
+pbuild::prep() { :; }
+
+pbuild::configure() { :; }
+
+pbuild::compile() { :; }
+
+pbuild::install() {
+    wget --no-check-certificate https://xds.mr.mpg.de/XDS-INTEL64_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
+    mkdir -p "${PREFIX}/bin"
+    cd "${PREFIX}/bin"
+    tar -xf "${BUILDBLOCK_DIR}/XDS-INTEL64_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz" --strip-components=1
+}
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diff --git a/xds/files/config.yaml b/xds/files/config.yaml
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+---
+format: 1
+xds:
+  defaults:
+    group: MX
+    overlay: base
+    relstage: stable
+  versions:
+    20240724:
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+#%Pmodule
+
+module-whatis       "X-ray Detector Software for processing single-crystal monochromatic diffraction data recorded by the rotation method"
+module-url          "http://xds.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/"
+module-license      "XDS is free of charge for non-commercial applications"
+module-maintainer   "MX Data <mx-software@psi.ch>"
+
+module-help     "
+XDS can process data images from CCD-, imaging-plate-, multiwire-, and pixel-detectors in a variety of formats as well as from multi-segment detectors assembled from several rectangular components in arbitrary arrangement.
+"
+
+setenv          XDS                     $PREFIX/bin
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