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+import os
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+class Arepo(MakefilePackage):
+    """Arepo is a massively parallel gravity and hydrodynamics code for astrophysical simulations."""
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/vrs/arepo.git"
+    git = "https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/vrs/arepo.git"
+    
+    
+    version("master", branch="master")
+   
+
+    depends_on('mpi')
+    depends_on('gsl')
+    depends_on('hdf5')
+
+    variant('fftw', default=False, description='FFTW support')
+    variant('hdf5', default=True, description='HDF5 support')
+    variant('hwloc', default=False, description='HWLOC support')
+        
+    depends_on('fftw',  when='+fftw')
+    depends_on('hwloc', when='+hwloc')
+    depends_on("mpich", when='^mpich')
+    depends_on("openmpi", when='^openmpi')
+    
+    def edit(self, spec, prefix):
+       
+        copy('Template-Makefile.systype', 'Makefile.systype')
+        copy('Template-Config.sh', 'Config.sh')
+        
+        specific_config_path = 'examples/yee_2d/Config.sh'
+            
+        self.config_file = specific_config_path  
+
+        with open('Makefile.systype', 'w') as f:
+            f.write('SYSTYPE="Darwin"\n')
+    
+        env["CC"] = spec["mpi"].mpicc
+        env["CXX"] = spec["mpi"].mpicxx
+        env["FC"] = spec["mpi"].mpifc
+        env["F77"] = spec["mpi"].mpif77
+    
+    def build(self, spec, prefix):
+        
+        make('CONFIG={}'.format(self.config_file), 'BUILD_DIR=./build', 'EXEC=./Arepo')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+
+        mkdirp(prefix.bin)
+        install('./Arepo', prefix.bin)
+        
+
+    
+        
+
+
+
+  
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