Spack is an open-source package manager for supercomputers, Linux, and macOS systems that allows users to easily install and manage a variety of software packages. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Spack on the latest version of POP! OS.
Before we begin, please make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, we need to install some dependencies that are required to download and install Spack on POP! OS. Open to your terminal application and run the following command to install the dependencies:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential git python3 python3-pip python3-venv zlib1g-dev zip unzip
Next, we will download Spack from its official Git repository. Open your terminal and run the following command to download the Spack source code:
git clone https://github.com/spack/spack.git
After the download completes, navigate to the Spack directory by running the following command:
cd spack
Now, we will install and initialize Spack. First, we need to create a virtual environment for Spack using the following command:
python3 -m venv .spack-env
Once the virtual environment is created, activate it as follows:
source .spack-env/bin/activate
Now, we will install Spack by running the following command:
./bin/spack bootstrap
This command will install the Spack packages and dependencies.
Finally, initialize Spack by running the following command:
./bin/spack install cmake
This command will install a default package to initialize Spack.
To verify that Spack has been installed correctly, we can try using it to install a package. For example, run the following command to install the hello-world package:
./bin/spack install hello-world
If installation completes successfully, you have installed Spack correctly.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to download, install, and initialize Spack on the latest version of POP! OS. We have also verified its installation by installing a package using Spack. You are now ready to use Spack to install other software packages.
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