How to Install Spack on Manjaro

Spack is an open-source package manager that simplifies installation and management of software packages, libraries and dependencies. Here's how to install Spack on Manjaro:

Prerequisites

  • A Manjaro-based Linux distributions
  • A terminal or shell prompt

Steps

  1. Open your terminal or shell prompt.
  2. Install dependencies:
sudo pacman -S git libarchive gcc
  1. Clone Spack onto your machine with Git:
git clone https://github.com/spack/spack.git
cd spack/
  1. Modify shell configuration file, and export Spack's binary to environment variables:
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/spack/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export SPACK_ROOT="$HOME/spack"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
  1. Test Spack's configuration:
spack compiler find
  1. To install packages via spack, run the following commands:
  • Update Spack's repositories:
spack repo add https://github.com/spack/spack.git
spack repo add https://github.com/spack/spack-packages.git
  • Search for a package:
spack find
  • Install a package:
spack install <package_name>

Conclusion

Now that you've installed Spack on your Manjaro machine, you can explore Spack's functionality to manage your software dependencies with ease.