Apptainer#
Apptainer is the new version of Singularity. Directions are based on a Mint 21.1 VM with Miniconda installed.
Installing Apptainer#
To install Apptainer on a new Linux VM:
Ensure repositories are up-to-date
sudo apt-get update
Install debian packages for dependencies
sudo apt-get install -y \
build-essential \
libseccomp-dev \
pkg-config \
uidmap \
squashfs-tools \
squashfuse \
fuse2fs \
fuse-overlayfs \
fakeroot \
cryptsetup \
curl wget git
Install Go
export GOVERSION=1.19.6 OS=linux ARCH=amd64
wget -O /tmp/go${GOVERSION}.${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz \
https://dl.google.com/go/go${GOVERSION}.${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go${GOVERSION}.${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
Install golangci-lint
curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin v1.51.1
Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer.git
cd apptainer
Configure build and install apptainer
./mconfig
cd ./builddir
make
sudo make install
Confirm installation
apptainer --version