singularity.md

title: "Singularity"

Singularity is likely to be already installed on most large HPC system.

git clone git@eicweb.phy.anl.gov/containers/eic_container.git
cd container 

Installing the singularity container

Using the container

Tips

In your .bashrc add something like this:

if [ ! -e /environment ] ; then
  running_singularity=
else
  running_singularity="\#singularity"
fi
# ...
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]${running_singularity}\$ '

If you are running inside a singularity container your commandline prompt will now inform you:

user@host:~/stow/eic_container_0.9.13/lib\#singularity$