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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/replace_conda_homebrew.rst b/lib/spack/docs/replace_conda_homebrew.rst index 42a3561300..c0d2060c70 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/replace_conda_homebrew.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/replace_conda_homebrew.rst @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) ===================================== -Using Spack to Replace Homebrew/Conda +Spack for Homebrew/Conda Users ===================================== Spack is an incredibly powerful package manager, designed for supercomputers @@ -191,18 +191,18 @@ The ``--fresh`` flag tells Spack to use the latest version of every package where possible instead of trying to optimize for reuse of existing installed packages. -The ``--force`` flag in addition tells Spack to overwrite its previous -concretization decisions, allowing you to choose a new version of Python. -If any of the new packages like Bash are already installed, ``spack install`` +The ``--force`` flag in addition tells Spack to overwrite its previous +concretization decisions, allowing you to choose a new version of Python. +If any of the new packages like Bash are already installed, ``spack install`` won't re-install them, it will keep the symlinks in place. ----------------------------------- Updating & Cleaning Up Old Packages ----------------------------------- -If you're looking to mimic the behavior of Homebrew, you may also want to -clean up out-of-date packages from your environment after an upgrade. To -upgrade your entire software stack within an environment and clean up old +If you're looking to mimic the behavior of Homebrew, you may also want to +clean up out-of-date packages from your environment after an upgrade. To +upgrade your entire software stack within an environment and clean up old package versions, simply run the following commands: .. code-block:: console @@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ package versions, simply run the following commands: $ spack concretize --fresh --force $ spack install $ spack gc - -Running ``spack mark -i --all`` tells Spack to mark all of the existing -packages within an environment as "implicitly" installed. This tells + +Running ``spack mark -i --all`` tells Spack to mark all of the existing +packages within an environment as "implicitly" installed. This tells spack's garbage collection system that these packages should be cleaned up. Don't worry however, this will not remove your entire environment. @@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ a fresh concretization and will re-mark any packages that should remain installed as "explicitly" installed. **Note:** if you use multiple spack environments you should re-run ``spack install`` -in each of your environments prior to running ``spack gc`` to prevent spack -from uninstalling any shared packages that are no longer required by the +in each of your environments prior to running ``spack gc`` to prevent spack +from uninstalling any shared packages that are no longer required by the environment you just upgraded. -------------- |