Application overview

Spack supports multiple versions and build configurations for shared HPC environments. Package availability, compilers, external dependencies, and installation policy depend on the target site.

Typical use cases

Reproducible software builds and environment management on workstations and clusters.

DeveloperSpack Project

HPC compatibility

Compatibility details shown here reflect administrator-maintained project information. Review the upstream release documentation against your exact operating system, drivers, accelerator, MPI stack, and cluster policy before deployment.

GPU compatibility is not specified in this directory record.

Installation instructions

Commands are project-specific notes. Confirm prerequisites and linked upstream instructions for your own release and system. Do not run administrative commands without review.

Linux / macOS shell

Install a Spack package

Prerequisites: Git and a supported compiler toolchain; confirm cluster build policy first

git clone --depth=2 https://github.com/spack/spack.git
cd spack
source share/spack/setup-env.sh
spack install libelf

Clones Spack and uses its documented example to build libelf. Package builds consume disk and compiler resources.

Verify: spack find libelf

Review: Use an approved prefix and compiler configuration on shared systems. Do not build packages on a production service host without authorization.

Documentation for these steps ↗

Upstream references

Project homepage ↗
Source repository ↗ Link status: Verified
Documentation ↗

Link details last reviewed 2026-10-12 by MCR Tech. Project versions, licenses, hardware behavior, and hosted model access can change; follow current upstream terms.

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