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+from spack import *
+
+class Adios(Package):
+    """The Adaptable IO System (ADIOS) provides a simple, 
+        flexible way for scientists to describe the data in their code that may need to be written, 
+        read, or processed outside of the running simulation
+    """
+    
+    homepage = "http://www.olcf.ornl.gov/center-projects/adios/"
+    url      = "http://users.nccs.gov/~pnorbert/adios-1.9.0.tar.gz"
+
+    version('1.9.0', 'dbf5cb10e32add2f04c9b4052b7ffa76')
+
+    # Lots of setting up here for this package
+    # module swap PrgEnv-intel PrgEnv-$COMP
+    # module load cray-netcdf/4.3.3.1
+    # module load cray-hdf5/1.8.14
+    # module load python/2.7.10
+    depends_on('mxml')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        configure_args = ["--prefix=%s" % prefix, "--with-mxml=%s" % spec['mxml'].prefix, 
+                          "--with-hdf5=%s" % spec['hdf5'].prefix, "--with-netcdf=%s" % os.environ['NETCDF_DIR'], 
+                          "--with-infiniband=no"]
+         
+        configure(*configure_args)
+        make()
+        make("install")