From d6ce48aa6ba5627ced19c278191a28426f6cc099 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Todd Gamblin Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 05:10:08 +0100 Subject: Add README for github repo. --- README.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ad531a44d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Spack +=========== + +Spack is a package management tool designed to support multiple +versions and configurations of software on a wide variety of platforms +and environments. It was designed for large supercomputing centers, +where many users and application teams share common installations of +software on clusters with exotic architectures, using libraries that +do not have a standard ABI. Spack is non-destructive: installing a new +version does not break existing installations, so many configurations +can coexist on the same system. + +Most importantly, Spack is simple. It offers a simple spec syntax so +that users can specify versions and configuration options +concisely. Spack is also simple for package authors: package files are +writtin in pure Python, and specs allow package authors to write a +single build script for many different builds of the same package. + +See the +[Feature Overview](http://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack/features.html) +for examples and highlights. + +To install spack and install your first package: + + $ git clone git@github.com:scalability-llnl/spack.git + $ cd spack/bin + $ ./spack install libelf + +Documentation +---------------- + +[Full documentation](http://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack) +for Spack is also available. + +Authors +---------------- +Spack was written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2