spack on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "spack" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install spack on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall spack on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "spack" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone spack's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/spack.git 
            
                        
                ~/spack
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/spack folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/spack
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the spack package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1422418
Name: spack
PackageBaseID: 145511
PackageBase: spack
Version: 0.21.2-1
Description: A flexible package manager for supercomputer that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
URL: https://spack.io/
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0.001643
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: 0xDoubleDoc
Submitter: gdolle
FirstSubmitted: 1570038375
LastModified: 1709807776
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/spack.tar.gz