Spack is a package manager for scientific computing. It helps you build, install, and manage your scientific software applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Spack on Void Linux using the command line.
Before you start installing Spack, it's essential to update your system to the latest version using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -Syu
Before installing Spack, we need to install the dependencies required to install it. These dependencies are:
We can install these dependencies using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -y gcc python3 tcl git m4 patch
We need to clone the Spack repository from GitHub to our local machine using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/spack/spack.git
We need to set some environment variables to make Spack work correctly. These variables are:
export SPACK_ROOT=/path/to/spack/folder
export PATH=$SPACK_ROOT/bin:$PATH
. $SPACK_ROOT/share/spack/setup-env.sh
In the above command, replace the "/path/to/spack/folder" with the actual path where you have cloned the Spack repository in step 3.
Once you set up the environment variables, you can test the installation of Spack using the following command:
spack --version
If the installation is successful, it will print the version number of Spack on the terminal.
In conclusion, Spack is a powerful scientific computing package manager that can help you manage your scientific software applications in an efficient and straightforward way. In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Spack on Void Linux using the command line. We hope this tutorial has been helpful in getting you started with Spack.
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