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)
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Ex: amdfftw@2.2 |
% is optional compiler specifier
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Ex: amdfftw@2.2 %aocc@2.2 |
+ or - or ~ are optional variant specifiers for boolean variants
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Ex: +debug, -qt, or ~qt |
name=<value> is optional variant specifier
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Ex: amdblis@2.2 threads=openmp |
name=<value> is optional compiler flag specifiers
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Valid flag names are cflags, cxxflags, fflags, cppflags,
ldflags, and ldlibs |
target=<value> os=<value> are
optional architecture specifier
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Ex: target=zen2 os=aocc |
^ Dependency specs
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Ex: amdfftw ^openmpi@4.0.3 |
Configuration
spack config edit [-h] [--print-file] section
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get and set configuration options,
section: compilers/mirrors/repos/packages/modules/config/upstreams |
spack config update [-hy] section
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update configuration options |
Query packages
spack info package
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get detailed information on a
particular packages are on disk as installed |
spack dependencies package/package_specs
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show dependencies of a package |
spack dependents package
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show packages that depend on another |
spack find [-ldvf] [package]
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list and search installed packages |
spack graph package/package_specs
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generate graphs of package dependency relationships |
spack list
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list and search available packages |
spack location [-i, --install-dir] [-p, --package-dir] package
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print out locations of packages and spack directories |
spack providers virtual_package
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list packages that provide a particular virtual package |
Build packages
spack clean [-a, --all] [-s, --stage] [-p, --python-cache] [package(s)]
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remove temporary build files and/or
downloaded archives |
spack gc [-y, --yes-to-all]
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remove specs that are now no longer
needed |
spack install [-j, --jobs JOBS] [-v, --verbose] [--cache-only] [--source] package_specs
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build and install packages |
spack setup [-v, --verbose] package_specs
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create a configuration script and module,
but don’t build |
spack spec [-l, --long] [-I, --install-status] package(s)
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show what would be installed,
given a spec |
spack uninstall [-R, --dependents] [-y, --yes-to-all] package_specs
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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
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add a spec to an environment |
spack concretize [-f, --force]
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concretize an environment and write a lockfile |
spack env create [--without-view] env [envfile]
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create virtual environments |
spack env list
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list all virtual environments |
spack env activate [-v, --with-view]
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manage virtual environments |
spack env remove [-hy] env [envfile]
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remove virtual environments |
System
spack arch [-h] [--known-targets] [-p | -o | -t] [-f | -b]
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print architecture information about this machine |
spack compiler find add_paths
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find compilers from given path |
spack compiler remove compiler_spec
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remove given compiler |
spack compiler list / spack compilers
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list compilers available |
spack compiler info [-h] compiler_spec
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show compiler information |
Developer
spack cd [-i, --install-dir] [-p, --package-dir] package_spec
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cd to spack directories in the shell |
spack flake8 specific_files_to_check
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runs source code style checks on Spack. requires flake8 |
User environment
spack load package_specs
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add installed package to the user environment |
spack unload package_specs
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remove package from the user environment |
Extensions
spack activate installed_spec
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activate a package extension on installed package spec |
spack extensions [-s {packages,installed,activated,all}] package_spec
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list extensions for package |
More help
spack docs [-h]
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open spack documentation in a web browser |
spack help [-ha] [--spec] help_command]
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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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