Installing O2Physics in LXPLUS-Alma9

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Hello Experts,
Any one know how to install the O2Physics in CERNBOX via LXPLUS? When i try to install it by creating a folder alice in /eos/user/, im getting the following error:

==> You have packages in development mode (O2, O2Physics).
    This means their source code can be freely modified under:

      /eos/home-a/amanojna/alice/<package_name>

    aliBuild does not automatically update such packages to avoid work loss.
    In most cases this is achieved by doing in the package source directory:

      git pull --rebase

==> Updating repositories: done
==> Unpacking GCC-Toolchain@v13.2.0-alice1: failed
2024-10-09@18:05:54:ERROR:O2Physics:GCC-Toolchain:0: Error while executing /eos/home-a/amanojna/alice/sw/SPECS/slc9_x86-64/GCC-Toolchain/v13.2.0-alice1-3/build.sh on `lxplus929.cern.ch'.
2024-10-09@18:05:54:ERROR:O2Physics:GCC-Toolchain:0: Log can be found in /eos/home-a/amanojna/alice/sw/BUILD/GCC-Toolchain-latest/log
2024-10-09@18:05:54:ERROR:O2Physics:GCC-Toolchain:0: Please upload it to CERNBox/Dropbox if you intend to request support.
2024-10-09@18:05:54:ERROR:O2Physics:GCC-Toolchain:0: Build directory is /eos/home-a/amanojna/alice/sw/BUILD/GCC-Toolchain-latest/GCC-Toolchain.

Anyone know any fix for this? I have successfully installed it in my local machine, but due to lack of storage, i was looking for an alternative.

Thank you in advance
Anantha Padmanabhan M Nair

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Do not use CERNBOX. It’s not made for development and it will not work (besides not being supported). Have you tried aliBuild clean to improve the usage on your machine?

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Could you please explain what aliBuild clean does?. Because, the way i am running the analysis task is by editing one of the files in PWGUD/Tasks and then going to alice/sw/BUILD/O2Physics-latest/O2Physics/ and then doing ninja PWGUD/install, will i be able to do this if i wipe out the build contents by using aliBuild clean ?

Thank you
Anantha