Prerequisites
1. Python 2 (2.6 or 2.7) or 3 (3.5 - 3.9) to run Spack |
2. A C/C++ compiler for building |
3. The make
executable for building |
4. The tar
, gzip
, bzip2
, xz
and optionally zstd
executables for extracting source code |
5. The patch
command to apply patches |
6. The git
and curl
commands for fetching |
7. If using the gpg
subcommand, gnupg2
is required |
Specs & dependencies
@
is optional version specifier ( @1.2:1.4
) |
|
%
is optional compiler specifier |
Ex: amdfftw@2.2 %aocc@2.2
|
+
or -
or ~
are optional variant specifiers for boolean variants |
|
name=<value>
is optional variant specifier |
Ex: amdblis@2.2 threads=openmp
|
name=<value>
is optional compiler flag specifiers |
Valid flag names are cflags
, cxxflags
, fflags
, cppflags
, ldflags
, and ldlibs
|
target=<value> os=<value>
are optional architecture specifier |
|
|
Ex: amdfftw ^openmpi@4.0.3
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Configuration
spack config edit [-h] [--print-file]
section |
get and set configuration options, section: compilers/mirrors/repos/packages/modules/config/upstreams
|
spack config update [-hy]
section |
update configuration options |
Query packages
|
get detailed information on a
particular packages are on disk as installed |
spack dependencies
package/package_specs |
show dependencies of a package |
|
show packages that depend on another |
spack find [-ldvf] [package]
|
list and search installed packages |
spack graph
package/package_specs |
generate graphs of package dependency relationships |
|
list and search available packages |
spack location [-i, --install-dir] [-p, --package-dir]
package |
print out locations of packages and spack directories |
spack providers
virtual_package |
list packages that provide a particular virtual package |
Build packages
spack clean [-a, --all] [-s, --stage] [-p, --python-cache] [package(s)]
|
remove temporary build files and/or
downloaded archives |
spack gc [-y, --yes-to-all]
|
remove specs that are now no longer
needed |
spack install [-j, --jobs JOBS] [-v, --verbose] [--cache-only] [--source]
package_specs |
build and install packages |
spack setup [-v, --verbose]
package_specs |
create a configuration script and module,
but don’t build |
spack spec [-l, --long] [-I, --install-status]
package(s) |
show what would be installed,
given a spec |
spack uninstall [-R, --dependents] [-y, --yes-to-all]
package_specs |
remove installed packages |
Create packages
spack create [-hfb] [--keep-stage] [-n NAME] [url] |
create a new package file, url:url of package archive |
spack edit [-h] [package] |
open package files in $EDITOR |
spack versions [-hs] [-c CONCURRENCY] package |
list available versions of a package |
Environments
spack add [-h] [-l LIST_NAME]
package_specs |
add a spec to an environment |
spack concretize [-f, --force]
|
concretize an environment and write a lockfile |
spack env create [--without-view] env [envfile]
|
create virtual environments |
|
list all virtual environments |
spack env activate [-v, --with-view]
|
manage virtual environments |
spack env remove [-hy] env [envfile]
|
remove virtual environments |
System
spack arch [-h] [--known-targets] [-p | -o | -t] [-f | -b]
|
print architecture information about this machine |
spack compiler find
add_paths |
find compilers from given path |
spack compiler remove
compiler_spec |
remove given compiler |
spack compiler list
/ spack compilers
|
list compilers available |
spack compiler info [-h]
compiler_spec |
show compiler information |
Developer
spack cd [-i, --install-dir] [-p, --package-dir]
package_spec |
cd to spack directories in the shell |
spack flake8
specific_files_to_check |
runs source code style checks on Spack. requires flake8 |
User environment
spack load
package_specs |
add installed package to the user environment |
spack unload
package_specs |
remove package from the user environment |
Extensions
spack activate
installed_spec |
activate a package extension on installed package spec |
spack extensions [-s {packages,installed,activated,all}]
package_spec |
list extensions for package |
More help
|
open spack documentation in a web browser |
spack help [-ha] [--spec] help_command]
|
get help on spack and its commands |
References
Spack commands |
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Prerequisites |
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Specs & dependencies |
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