Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of cypress/SingularityRecipes

Timestamp:

08/21/25 11:23:05 (37 hours ago)

Author:

cbaribault

Comment:

Added build details for cloud, local

cypress/SingularityRecipes

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 = Build Singularity Containers from Recipes =
 * Because you do not have administrative privileges, you cannot build a Singularity container from a Singularity recipe file on Cypress.
-* You can build a Singularity container from a recipe on [https://cloud.sylabs.io/builder Sylabs Cloud]. 
+== Build Remotely on the Cloud ==
+* You can build a Singularity container from a recipe on [https://cloud.sylabs.io/builder Sylabs Cloud].
+* Then download the resulting .sif file to Cypress from the cloud with the bash command '''wget'''. (See '''man wget'''.)
+== Build on Your Local Machine ==
 * You could build a Linux machine and install Singularity.
 * On Windows 11 or Windows 10 version 2004 and higher (Build 19041 and higher)
  * Install Windows Subsystem for Linux, version 2 ('''WSL 2'''). See [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install Install WSL].
  * Install Singularity. See [https://sylabs.io/docs/ SingularityCE Documentation].
+* As an alternative to SingularityCE, on your local machine (Linux or WSL 2) you could install Apptainer.
+ * Apptainer will build '''.sif''' files compatible with Singularity. See [[https://apptainer.org/docs/user/latest/singularity_compatibility.html#sif-image-compatibility | SIF Image Compatibility]].
+ * See [[https://apptainer.org/documentation/ | Apptainer Documentation ]].
+* Then upload the resulting '''.sif''' file to Cypress from your local machine using scp. (See [[cypress/FileTransfer#scpcommand | scp command]].)