Server setup

Singularity

Install Dependencies

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y \
    build-essential \
    libssl-dev \
    uuid-dev \
    libgpgme11-dev \
    squashfs-tools \
    libseccomp-dev \
    pkg-config \
    libglib2.0-dev

Install Go

Visit the Go download page and pick a package archive to download.

wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.20.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzvf go1.20.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm go1.20.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz

echo 'export GOPATH=${HOME}/go' >> ~/.bashrc && \
    echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:${PATH}:${GOPATH}/bin' >> ~/.bashrc && \
    source ~/.bashrc

Install Singularity

Install Singularity from one of Release

export VERSION=3.11.4 && # adjust this as necessary \
    mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/sylabs && \
    cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/sylabs && \
    wget https://github.com/sylabs/singularity/releases/download/v${VERSION}/singularity-ce-${VERSION}.tar.gz && \
    tar -xzf singularity-ce-${VERSION}.tar.gz && \
    cd ./singularity-ce-${VERSION} && \
    ./mconfig

make -C builddir
sudo make -C builddir install

By default Singularity will be installed in the /usr/local directory hierarchy.

singularity --version

Remove old version

sudo rm -rf \
    /usr/local/libexec/singularity \
    /usr/local/var/singularity \
    /usr/local/etc/singularity \
    /usr/local/bin/singularity \
    /usr/local/bin/run-singularity \
    /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/singularity