We are interested in having an installation of the Singularity software () installed on our cluster. Remember that you can always tweak the files at /etc/singularity/nf and /etc/singularity/init if you want to make changes.Īfter this install, you should confirm that 2.3-dist is the version installed: For a cluster admin, we recommend that you read the admin docs to get a better understanding of the configuration file options available to you. *** nf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) ? YĪnd for a user, it’s probably well suited to use the defaults.
The default action is to keep your current version.Ĭonfiguration file '/etc/singularity/nf' Z : start a shell to examine the situation N or O : keep your currently-installed versionĭ : show the differences between the versions Y or I : install the package maintainer's version What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: => File also in package provided by package maintainer. => File on system created by you or by a script. Option, all of Singularity’s binaries and the configuration file will be installed within that directory.Ĭonfiguration file '/etc/singularity/init' And if you specify a custom directory with the -prefix If you omit the -prefix option, Singularity will be installed in the /usr/local directory If you omit the -sysconfdir option, the configuration file will be installed in /usr/local/etc. Of Singularity, install Singularity on a shared system, or if you want to remove This last option can be useful if you want to install multiple versions Singularity’s binaries and the configuration file will be installed within thatĭirectory.
Singularity will be installed in the /usr/local directory hierarchy by default.Īnd if you specify a custom directory with the -prefix option, all of configure -prefix=/usr/local -sysconfdir=/etc