diff --git a/script/get-apptainer/COPYRIGHT.md b/script/get-apptainer/COPYRIGHT.md
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+# Copyright Notice
+
+© 2023-2025 MLCommons. All Rights Reserved.
+
+This file is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. A copy of the License can be obtained at:
+
+[Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is provided on an "AS IS" basis, without warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied. Please refer to the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
diff --git a/script/get-apptainer/customize.py b/script/get-apptainer/customize.py
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+++ b/script/get-apptainer/customize.py
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+from mlc import utils
+import os
+
+
+def preprocess(i):
+
+    os_info = i['os_info']
+
+    env = i['env']
+
+    automation = i['automation']
+
+    recursion_spaces = i['recursion_spaces']
+
+    file_name_apptainer = 'apptainer.exe' if os_info['platform'] == 'windows' else 'apptainer'
+
+    if 'MLC_APPTAINER_BIN_WITH_PATH' not in env:
+        env['FILE_NAME'] = file_name_apptainer
+        env['CONTAINER_TOOL_NAME'] = "apptainer"
+        r = i['automation'].find_artifact({'file_name': file_name_apptainer,
+                                           'env': env,
+                                           'os_info': os_info,
+                                           'default_path_env_key': 'PATH',
+                                           'detect_version': True,
+                                           'env_path_key': 'MLC_APPTAINER_BIN_WITH_PATH',
+                                           'run_script_input': i['run_script_input'],
+                                           'recursion_spaces': recursion_spaces})
+        if r['return'] > 0:
+            if r['return'] == 16:
+                run_file_name = "install"
+                r = automation.run_native_script(
+                    {'run_script_input': i['run_script_input'], 'env': env, 'script_name': run_file_name})
+                if r['return'] > 0:
+                    return r
+            else:
+                return r
+
+    return {'return': 0}
+
+
+def detect_version(i):
+    r = i['automation'].parse_version({
+        'match_text': r'[Aa]pptainer version\s*([\d.]+)',
+        'group_number': 1,
+        'env_key': 'MLC_APPTAINER_VERSION',
+        'which_env': i['env']
+    })
+    if r['return'] > 0:
+        return r
+
+    logger = i['automation'].logger
+
+    version = r['version']
+
+    tool = "apptainer"
+
+    logger.info(
+        i['recursion_spaces'] +
+        '    Detected version: {}'.format(version))
+    return {'return': 0, 'version': version, "tool": tool}
+
+
+def postprocess(i):
+    env = i['env']
+
+    r = detect_version(i)
+
+    if r['return'] > 0:
+        return r
+
+    version = r['version']
+    tool = r['tool']
+    found_file_path = env['MLC_APPTAINER_BIN_WITH_PATH']
+
+    found_path = os.path.dirname(found_file_path)
+    env['MLC_APPTAINER_INSTALLED_PATH'] = found_path
+    env['+PATH'] = [found_path]
+
+    env['MLC_APPTAINER_CACHE_TAGS'] = 'version-' + version
+
+    env['MLC_APPTAINER_VERSION'] = version
+
+    env['MLC_CONTAINER_TOOL'] = tool
+
+    return {'return': 0, 'version': version}
diff --git a/script/get-apptainer/install-centos.sh b/script/get-apptainer/install-centos.sh
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+++ b/script/get-apptainer/install-centos.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+${MLC_SUDO} yum install -y epel-release
+${MLC_SUDO} yum install -y apptainer
+test $? -eq 0 || exit $?
+
+# Print version
+apptainer --version
diff --git a/script/get-apptainer/install-ubuntu.sh b/script/get-apptainer/install-ubuntu.sh
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+++ b/script/get-apptainer/install-ubuntu.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+${MLC_SUDO} apt-get update
+${MLC_SUDO} apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+${MLC_SUDO} add-apt-repository -y ppa:apptainer/ppa
+${MLC_SUDO} apt-get update
+${MLC_SUDO} apt-get install -y apptainer
+test $? -eq 0 || exit $?
+
+# Print version
+apptainer --version
+
diff --git a/script/get-apptainer/install.bat b/script/get-apptainer/install.bat
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+++ b/script/get-apptainer/install.bat
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+echo "Please install apptainer to continue"
+exit 1
diff --git a/script/get-apptainer/install.sh b/script/get-apptainer/install.sh
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+++ b/script/get-apptainer/install.sh
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+echo "Please install apptainer to continue"
+exit 1
diff --git a/script/get-apptainer/meta.yaml b/script/get-apptainer/meta.yaml
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+++ b/script/get-apptainer/meta.yaml
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+alias: get-apptainer
+automation_alias: script
+automation_uid: 5b4e0237da074764
+cache: true
+category: Detection or installation of tools and artifacts
+deps:
+- tags: detect,os
+- tags: detect,sudo
+input_description: {}
+input_mapping: {}
+new_env_keys:
+- MLC_APPTAINER_VERSION
+- MLC_CONTAINER_TOOL
+new_state_keys: []
+post_deps: []
+posthook_deps: []
+prehook_deps: []
+tags:
+- get-apptainer
+uid: 37c5bc01c11f49fa
+variations: {}
+versions: {}
diff --git a/script/get-apptainer/run.bat b/script/get-apptainer/run.bat
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+++ b/script/get-apptainer/run.bat
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+@echo off
+apptainer --version > tmp-ver.out
+if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit /b 1
diff --git a/script/get-apptainer/run.sh b/script/get-apptainer/run.sh
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+++ b/script/get-apptainer/run.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+apptainer --version > tmp-ver.out
+test $? -eq 0 || exit 1