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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions 03_building_and_packaging/spack_demo.md
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Expand Up @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ To make things simpler from Step 2 onwards, create a container from the [spack/u
spack install --reuse zlib
```

This installs the package `zlib` by downloading and compiling it. `--reuse` tells spack to reuse already existing packages if possible
This installs the package `zlib` by downloading and compiling it. `--reuse` tells spack to reuse already existing packages if possible.

- List installed packages

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Spack will fetch the archive and try to deduce some basic settings. It will also check for other releases and asks whether to add checksums. We want all checksums.

- Spack immediately drops you in a boilerplate package file.
- Spack immediately drops you in a boilerplate package file

```Python
class Helloworld(CMakePackage):
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- There are 3 releases of the software
- The URL to download the package
- The name of the package we work with `class Helloworld`. This is also the name of the software now within Spack.
- We want to fix/extend the package with some standard information
- We want to fix/extend the package with some standard information.
- Package description
- Set URL to SSE homepage
- Add GitHub username as maintainer
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spack install [email protected]
```

This will concretize (internally, i.e. no output on terminal) and then build the software.
This will concretize (internally, i.e., no output on terminal) and then build the software.

- If one wants to edit the package later, there are two options

```bash
spack edit helloworld
```

or open `package.py` file in `.spack/package_repos/fncqgg4/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/helloworld/package.py`
or open `package.py` file in `.spack/package_repos/fncqgg4/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/helloworld/package.py`.

- Add the `main` branch as a version

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