NSCL DAQ
Installation in Ubuntu or Debian
In order to run the NSCLDAQ in a container (or a VM, Virtual Machine). We need 3 things,
- The container program, we are using singularity container
- The OS image for the container, which is Debian 8 or 10 for NSCLDAQ
- The compiled NSCLDAQ for the corresponding OS.
install singularity
- add neuro debain repository (when the following command fail, go to [1]
~>wget -O- http://neuro.debian.net/lists/focal.us-tn.libre | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/neurodebian.sources.list ~>sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xA5D32F012649A5A9
- update the repository
~>sudo apt update
- install singularity
~>sudo apt install signularity-container
Download the OS image
Like any Virtual Machine, we need an OS for it to run. NSCL DAQ works on Debian 8 or 10.
/usr/opt>singularity build nscl-buster.img docker://fribdaq/frib-buster:XXX /usr/opt>singularity build nscl-jessie.img docker://fribdaq/frib-jessie:XXX
where XXX is the version, please check Jessie here and Buster here
to test the singularity is working
anywhere>singularity shell /usr/opt/nscl-jessie.img
you will bring to the singularity interactive shell
Singularity: Invoking an interactive shell within container... Singularity nscl-jessie.img:~>
We can check the OS by
Singularity nscl-jessie.img:~>lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.11 (jessie) Release: 8.11 Codename: jessie
That means we have a running jessie.
Download the compiled NSCLDAQ
The last thing we need is a per-compiled NSCLDAQ
Link to download Debian 8 Jessie
Link to download Debian 10 buster
And decompress it into /usr/opt/ -> so that the path is /usr/opt/opt-jessie
To RUN NSCL DAQ
Singularity allows user to "mount" the host system directory by using --bind option.
In the following, we will bind the /usr/opt/opt-jessie to /usr/opt/, which is in the VM
~>singularity shell --bind /usr/opt/opt-jessie:/usr/opt /usr/opt/nscl-jessie.img
after entered the shell, we check
Singularity nscl-jessie.img:~> ls /usr/opt/ caendigitizerlibs epics iseg plx caenhv-5.22 epicstcl iseg-beta PLX7 caenhv-5.82 geco JESSIE root cmake genx mesycontrol-1.0.4-x86_64 spectcl daq GET mpi xiaapi ddas gretina mpitcl ddastoys gretinaglom nscldaq ddastoys.saved gsl NSCLGET