singularity.md

title: "Singularity"

Singularity is installed on eic0.phy.anl.gov, bebop.lcrc.anl.gov, and most HPC systems. Singularity ships the entire container image in a single file. See the extensive singularity documentation to learn more.

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

Installing the singularity container

Using the container

Tip

In your .bashrc add

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 inform you:

whit@wpad:~/stow/eic_container_0.9.13/lib\#singularity$