Standalone builds for Linux aarch64 (aka arm64)

GitHub released public runners.¹  This will ultimately let us use
standalone installation archives in our linux/arm64 Docker images.²

Changes to the standalone installer to follow separately³, as those need
to be held for merge until after the first release with these builds
available.

¹ <https://github.blog/changelog/2025-01-16-linux-arm64-hosted-runners-now-available-for-free-in-public-repositories-public-preview/>
² <nextstrain/docker-base#273>
³ <#490>

Author: tsibley

.github/actions/run-integration-tests/action.yaml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash -l -eo pipefail {0}
       run: nextstrain setup conda
 
-    - if: runner.os != 'macOS' && runner.os != 'Windows'
+    - if: runner.os == 'Linux' && runner.arch == 'X64'
       shell: bash -l -eo pipefail {0}
       run: nextstrain setup singularity
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ runs:
         git -C zika-tutorial clean -dfqx
         nextstrain build --conda --cpus 2 zika-tutorial
 
-    - if: runner.os != 'macOS' && runner.os != 'Windows'
+    - if: runner.os == 'Linux' && runner.arch == 'X64'
       name: Build zika-tutorial with --singularity
       shell: bash -l -eo pipefail {0}
       run: |

.github/actions/setup-integration-tests/action.yaml

@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ runs:
         python3 --version | grep -F 'Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}.'
         [[ "$(python --version)" == "$(python3 --version)" ]]
 
-    # Install Singularity on Linux.
+    # Install Singularity on Linux x86_64.
     #
     # We don't install it with Conda because Conda Forge provides a non-suid
     # build of Singularity.  We're compatible with Singularity's non-suid mode,
     # but production usages of Singularity are likely to use its suid mode, so
     # I'd rather test against that.
     #   -trs, 6 Jan 2023
-    - if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+    - if: runner.os == 'Linux' && runner.arch == 'X64'
       shell: bash -l -eo pipefail {0}
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ jobs:
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
             exe: nextstrain
 
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04-arm
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            exe: nextstrain
+
           - os: macos-13
             target: x86_64-apple-darwin
             exe: nextstrain
@@ -299,6 +303,8 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - { os: ubuntu-22.04, target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu }
           - { os: ubuntu-24.04, target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu }
+          - { os: ubuntu-22.04-arm, target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu }
+          - { os: ubuntu-24.04-arm, target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu }
           - { os: macos-13,     target: x86_64-apple-darwin }
           - { os: macos-14,     target: x86_64-apple-darwin }
           - { os: macos-15,     target: x86_64-apple-darwin }
@@ -381,6 +387,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: standalone-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
 
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
+        with:
+          name: standalone-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: standalone-x86_64-apple-darwin

CHANGES.md

@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ development source code and as such may not be routinely kept up to date.
 
 # __NEXT__
 
+## Improvements
+
+* We now produce standalone installation archives for Linux running on aarch64
+  hardware (aka arm64).  The standalone installer will use these archives
+  starting with this release.
+  ([#489](https://github.com/nextstrain/cli/pull/489),
+  [#490](https://github.com/nextstrain/cli/pull/490))
+
 
 # 10.4.1 (14 October 2025)
 

devel/pyoxidizer

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ main() {
             --volume "$build/cache/pyoxidizer:/tmp/.cache/pyoxidizer" \
             --volume "$build/cache/pip:/tmp/.cache/pip" \
             --volume "$build/cache/cargo:/tmp/.cargo" \
-            quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64 "$pyoxidizer" "$@"
+            quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_"$(platform-machine)" "$pyoxidizer" "$@"
     else
         exec "$pyoxidizer" "$@"
     fi

doc/changes.md

@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ development source code and as such may not be routinely kept up to date.
 (v-next)=
 ## __NEXT__
 
+(v-next-improvements)=
+### Improvements
+
+* We now produce standalone installation archives for Linux running on aarch64
+  hardware (aka arm64).  The standalone installer will use these archives
+  starting with this release.
+  ([#489](https://github.com/nextstrain/cli/pull/489),
+  [#490](https://github.com/nextstrain/cli/pull/490))
+
 
 (v10-4-1)=
 ## 10.4.1 (14 October 2025)