spack.detection package¶

Submodules¶

spack.detection.common module¶

Define a common data structure to represent external packages and a function to update packages.yaml given a list of detected packages.

Ideally, each detection method should be placed in a specific subpackage and implement at least a function that returns a list of DetectedPackage objects. The update in packages.yaml can then be done using the function provided here.

The module also contains other functions that might be useful across different detection mechanisms.

class spack.detection.common.DetectedPackage(spec, prefix)¶

Bases: tuple

Information on a package that has been detected

property prefix¶: Alias for field number 1

property spec¶: Alias for field number 0

spack.detection.common.compute_windows_program_path_for_package(pkg)[source]¶

Given a package, attempt to compute its Windows program files location, return list of best guesses

Parameters: pkg (spack.package_base.Package) – package for which Program Files location is to be computed

spack.detection.common.executable_prefix(executable_dir)[source]¶

Given a directory where an executable is found, guess the prefix (i.e. the “root” directory of that installation) and return it.

Parameters: executable_dir – directory where an executable is found

spack.detection.common.find_win32_additional_install_paths()[source]¶: Not all programs on Windows live on the PATH Return a list of other potential install locations.

spack.detection.common.is_executable(file_path)[source]¶: Return True if the path passed as argument is that of an executable

spack.detection.common.library_prefix(library_dir)[source]¶

Given a directory where an library is found, guess the prefix (i.e. the “root” directory of that installation) and return it.

Parameters: library_dir – directory where an library is found

spack.detection.common.update_configuration(detected_packages, scope=None, buildable=True)[source]¶

Add the packages passed as arguments to packages.yaml

Parameters

detected_packages (list) – list of DetectedPackage objects to be added
scope (str) – configuration scope where to add the detected packages
buildable (bool) – whether the detected packages are buildable or not

spack.detection.path module¶

Detection of software installed in the system based on paths inspections and running executables.

spack.detection.path.by_executable(packages_to_check, path_hints=None)[source]¶

Return the list of packages that have been detected on the system, searching by path.

Parameters

packages_to_check (list) – list of packages to be detected
path_hints (list) – list of paths to be searched. If None the list will be constructed based on the PATH environment variable.

spack.detection.path.by_library(packages_to_check, path_hints=None)[source]¶

Return the list of packages that have been detected on the system, searching by LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Parameters

packages_to_check (list) – list of packages to be detected
path_hints (list) – list of paths to be searched. If None the list will be constructed based on the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.

spack.detection.path.executables_in_path(path_hints=None)[source]¶

Get the paths of all executables available from the current PATH.

For convenience, this is constructed as a dictionary where the keys are the executable paths and the values are the names of the executables (i.e. the basename of the executable path).

There may be multiple paths with the same basename. In this case it is assumed there are two different instances of the executable.

Parameters: path_hints (list) – list of paths to be searched. If None the list will be constructed based on the PATH environment variable.

spack.detection.path.libraries_in_ld_library_path(path_hints=None)[source]¶

Get the paths of all libraries available from LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LIBRARY_PATH, DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, and DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH.

For convenience, this is constructed as a dictionary where the keys are the library paths and the values are the names of the libraries (i.e. the basename of the library path).

There may be multiple paths with the same basename. In this case it is assumed there are two different instances of the library.

Parameters: path_hints (list) – list of paths to be searched. If None the list will be constructed based on the set of LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LIBRARY_PATH, DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, and DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables.

Module contents¶

class spack.detection.DetectedPackage(spec, prefix)¶

Bases: tuple

Information on a package that has been detected

property prefix¶: Alias for field number 1

property spec¶: Alias for field number 0

spack.detection.by_executable(packages_to_check, path_hints=None)[source]¶

Return the list of packages that have been detected on the system, searching by path.

Parameters

packages_to_check (list) – list of packages to be detected
path_hints (list) – list of paths to be searched. If None the list will be constructed based on the PATH environment variable.

spack.detection.by_library(packages_to_check, path_hints=None)[source]¶

Return the list of packages that have been detected on the system, searching by LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Parameters

packages_to_check (list) – list of packages to be detected
path_hints (list) – list of paths to be searched. If None the list will be constructed based on the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.

spack.detection.executable_prefix(executable_dir)[source]¶

Given a directory where an executable is found, guess the prefix (i.e. the “root” directory of that installation) and return it.

Parameters: executable_dir – directory where an executable is found

spack.detection.executables_in_path(path_hints=None)[source]¶

Get the paths of all executables available from the current PATH.

For convenience, this is constructed as a dictionary where the keys are the executable paths and the values are the names of the executables (i.e. the basename of the executable path).

There may be multiple paths with the same basename. In this case it is assumed there are two different instances of the executable.

Parameters: path_hints (list) – list of paths to be searched. If None the list will be constructed based on the PATH environment variable.

spack.detection.update_configuration(detected_packages, scope=None, buildable=True)[source]¶

Add the packages passed as arguments to packages.yaml

Parameters

detected_packages (list) – list of DetectedPackage objects to be added
scope (str) – configuration scope where to add the detected packages
buildable (bool) – whether the detected packages are buildable or not