OpenRAOD on HPC

[V-Deepak-7]

Hello all,
I am running a few designs using the Open ROAD flow scripts. The ./setup.sh needs sudo access as I run the designs to get faster results. I use High-Performance Cluster computing at my university, where I do not have sudo privileges.
Is anybody using it the same way that I am? If yes, how did you solve this?
It took me a few weeks to install many modules. It was a back-and-forth communication for every missing library in the building.
Also, where can I find any guide or manual regarding variable names like Place_density or others? Is there anything with the .sdc file writing as well?

[maliberty]

Can you use Docker?

[V-Deepak-7]

No, but I can use singularity or Apptainer.

[maliberty]

We don't support those but you might be able to make them work yourself. @vvbandeira any suggestions?

[V-Deepak-7]

current solution: I requested the HPC team to install all modules separately and I load all modules every time I need to run the ORFS. I was just curious if there was any other way when we don't have the sudo privileges and docker access. Thank you for your response @maliberty