Colabfold + database

[laraPPr]

• link to support ticket: #2024110760001157
• website: https://colabfold.mmseqs.com/
• installation docs: https://colabfold.mmseqs.com/
• toolchain: foss/2023a
• easyblock to use: dataset?
• required dependencies:
  • ColabFold ({bio}[foss/2023a] ColabFold v1.5.5 w/ CUDA 12.1.1 easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs#21672)
  • mmseqs
• optional dependencies:
  • ...
• notes:
  • They want the dataset to be part of the ColabFold installation
  • Maybe we can use add generic Dataset easyblock easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks#3246 of @smoors?
• effort: (TBD)
• other install methods
  • conda: yes (link?) / no
  • container image: yes (link?) / no
  • pre-built binaries (RHEL8 Linux x86_64): yes (link?) / no
  • easyconfig outside EasyBuild: yes / no

[boegel]

I'll look into reviewing/merging easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs#21672

For the database part, either we leave that up to the user for now, or we manually download/unpack the data from https://colabfold.mmseqs.com/ to a central location (like we do for AlphaFold)