Apptainer

This is the snap package for Apptainer, an open-source container system for High-Performance Computing.

The upstream Apptainer repository can be located here

Installation

Install from the Snap Store

The Apptainer snap package has not been released to the Snap Store yet.

Building the snap yourself

Use the following commands to build the Apptainer snap package locally. It is assumed that you already have snapd installed on your system. If not, you can find instructions for installing snapd on your system here:

1. Install tox and snapcraft on your system

sudo apt install tox
sudo snap install snapcraft --channel=edge --classic

2. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/canonical/apptainer

3. Use tox to build the snap

tox -e snap

4. Install

tox -e install

Usage

The Apptainer snap is intended to be one-for-one compatible with the upstream Apptainer; therefore, you can refer to the official Apptainer documentation for usage information.