diff --git a/EESSI-install-software.sh b/EESSI-install-software.sh
index 31ce30d4fc..7b7a60686c 100755
--- a/EESSI-install-software.sh
+++ b/EESSI-install-software.sh
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ fi
 
 ### add packages here
 
-echo ">> Creating/updating Lmod cache..."
+echo ">> Creating/updating Lmod RC file..."
 export LMOD_CONFIG_DIR="${EASYBUILD_INSTALLPATH}/.lmod"
 lmod_rc_file="$LMOD_CONFIG_DIR/lmodrc.lua"
 lmodrc_changed=$(cat ${pr_diff} | grep '^+++' | cut -f2 -d' ' | sed 's@^[a-z]/@@g' | grep '^create_lmodrc.py$' > /dev/null; echo $?)
@@ -265,7 +265,5 @@ if [ ! -f "$lmod_sitepackage_file" ] || [ "${sitepackage_changed}" == '0' ]; the
     check_exit_code $? "$lmod_sitepackage_file created" "Failed to create $lmod_sitepackage_file"
 fi
 
-$TOPDIR/update_lmod_cache.sh ${EPREFIX} ${EASYBUILD_INSTALLPATH}
-
 echo ">> Cleaning up ${TMPDIR}..."
 rm -r ${TMPDIR}
diff --git a/install_apptainer_ubuntu.sh b/install_apptainer_ubuntu.sh
index c35c34cda6..6cf9a6f48e 100755
--- a/install_apptainer_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/install_apptainer_ubuntu.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ set -e
 # see https://github.com/apptainer/singularity/issues/5390#issuecomment-899111181
 sudo apt-get install alien
 alien --version
-apptainer_rpm=$(curl --silent -L https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/a/ | grep 'apptainer-[0-9]' | sed 's/.*\(apptainer[0-9._a-z-]*.rpm\).*/\1/g')
-curl -OL https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/a/${apptainer_rpm}
+#apptainer_rpm=$(curl --silent -L https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/a/ | grep 'apptainer-[0-9]' | sed 's/.*\(apptainer[0-9._a-z-]*.rpm\).*/\1/g')
+#curl -OL https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/a/${apptainer_rpm}
+#/pub/archive/epel/8.8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/a
+apptainer_rpm=$(curl --silent -L https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/8.8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/a/ | grep 'apptainer-[0-9]' | sed 's/.*\(apptainer[0-9._a-z-]*.rpm\).*/\1/g')
+curl -OL https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/8.8/Everything/x86_64/Packages/a/${apptainer_rpm}
 sudo alien -d ${apptainer_rpm}
 sudo apt install ./apptainer*.deb
 apptainer --version
diff --git a/scripts/gpu_support/nvidia/install_cuda_host_injections.sh b/scripts/gpu_support/nvidia/install_cuda_host_injections.sh
index a9310d817a..8c81fdb31f 100755
--- a/scripts/gpu_support/nvidia/install_cuda_host_injections.sh
+++ b/scripts/gpu_support/nvidia/install_cuda_host_injections.sh
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ else
   fi
 
   if ! command -v "eb" &>/dev/null; then
+    env | sort
+    module --version
+    declare -f module
+    module list
+    ls ${EESSI_SOFTWARE_PATH}
+    ls ${cuda_install_parent}
+
     echo_yellow "Attempting to load an EasyBuild module to do actual install"
     module load EasyBuild
     # There are some scenarios where this may fail
@@ -165,12 +172,14 @@ else
       error="${error}Please re-run this script with the 'eb' command available."
       fatal_error "${error}"
     fi
+    echo_yellow "EasyBuild module loaded"
   fi
 
   cuda_easyconfig="CUDA-${install_cuda_version}.eb"
 
   # Check the easyconfig file is available in the release
   # (eb search always returns 0, so we need a grep to ensure a usable exit code)
+  echo_yellow "Searching for easyconfig '${cuda_easyconfig}'"
   eb --search ^${cuda_easyconfig}|grep CUDA > /dev/null 2>&1
   # Check the exit code
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -185,6 +194,7 @@ else
     error="${error}${available_cuda_easyconfigs}"
     fatal_error "${error}"
   fi
+  echo_yellow "Search for easyconfig '${cuda_easyconfig}' done"
 
   # We need the --rebuild option, as the CUDA module may or may not be on the
   # `MODULEPATH` yet. Even if it is, we still want to redo this installation
@@ -195,10 +205,13 @@ else
   extra_args="--rebuild --installpath-modules=${tmpdir}"
 
   # We don't want hooks used in this install, we need a vanilla CUDA installation
+  echo_yellow "Creating empty hooks file"
   touch "$tmpdir"/none.py
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086  # Intended splitting of extra_args
+  echo_yellow "Running 'eb --prefix=$tmpdir ${extra_args} --accept-eula-for=CUDA --hooks=$tmpdir/none.py --installpath=${cuda_install_parent}/ ${cuda_easyconfig}'"
   eb --prefix="$tmpdir" ${extra_args} --accept-eula-for=CUDA --hooks="$tmpdir"/none.py --installpath="${cuda_install_parent}"/ "${cuda_easyconfig}"
   ret=$?
+  echo_yellow "eb command finished with exit code '$ret'"
   if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
     eb_last_log=$(unset EB_VERBOSE; eb --last-log)
     cp -a ${eb_last_log} .