Spack repository containing packages for installing Firedrake and some applications that depend on Firedrake:

• Gusto
• icepack
• Irksome
• Thetis

Installation instructions

While the spack based installation is under evaluation please refer to the detailed install instructions here.

If you have already read those instructions, here is a quick reference: To install Firedrake you should run:

$ spack repo add <this directory>
$ spack env create -d firedrake
$ spack env activate firedrake
$ spack add py-firedrake@develop %gcc ^mpich ^openblas
$ spack install

You can specify a different compiler, MPI distribution and BLAS provider.

Install script

There is an experimental minimal install script that can add all the development packages. Usage:

./spack_install_script.sh directory_name spec_to_install

To perform the installation above:

./spack_install_script.sh firedrake py-firedrake@develop %gcc ^mpich ^openblas

Other tested configurations

Note that in each case the compiler must be installed and registered correctly with Spack before attempting to run the command.

Standard GCC 11.2 with Openblas, MPICH 4.0.2 and Python 3.10.4:

./spack_install_script.sh standard_firedrake py-firedrake@develop %gcc@11.2.0 ^python@3.10.4 ^openblas ^mpich@4.0.2

Using the AMD toolchain:

./spack_install_script.sh amd_firedrake py-firedrake@develop %aocc@3.2.0  ^python@3.10.4 ^amdblis ^amdlibflame ^amdscalapack ^mpich

Using the Intel toolchain:

./spack_install_script.sh intel_firedrake py-firedrake@develop %intel@2021.5.0 ^python@3.10.4 ^intel-oneapi-mkl ^intel-oneapi-mpi

Using the LLVM clang compiler:

./spack_install_script.sh clang_firedrake py-firedrake@develop %clang@13.0.0 ^openblas ^mpich

NVidia toolchain (nvhpc) is WIP.