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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst index 7992256856..d436e4b88c 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst @@ -1864,14 +1864,21 @@ of ``mpich`` using the following command: $ srun -N 2 -n 8 spack install -j 4 mpich@3.3.2 -This will create eight concurrent four-job installation on two different +This will create eight concurrent, four-job installs on two different nodes. +Alternatively, you could run the same installs on one node by entering +the following at the command line of a bash shell: + +.. code-block:: console + + $ for i in {1..12}; do nohup spack install -j 4 mpich@3.3.2 >> mpich_install.txt 2>&1 &; done + .. note:: - The effective parallelism will be based on the maximum number of - packages that can be installed at the same time, which will limited - by the number of packages with no (remaining) uninstalled dependencies. + The effective parallelism is based on the maximum number of packages + that can be installed at the same time, which is limited by the + number of packages with no (remaining) uninstalled dependencies. .. _dependencies: |