diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/blitz/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/blitz/package.py
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+# FIXME:
+# This is a template package file for Spack.  We've conveniently
+# put "FIXME" labels next to all the things you'll want to change.
+#
+# Once you've edited all the FIXME's, delete this whole message,
+# save this file, and test out your package like this:
+#
+#     spack install blitz
+#
+# You can always get back here to change things with:
+#
+#     spack edit blitz
+#
+# See the spack documentation for more information on building
+# packages.
+#
+from spack import *
+
+class Blitz(Package):
+    """N-dimensional arrays for C++"""
+    homepage = "http://github.com/blitzpp/blitz"
+
+# This version doesn't have the configure script generated yet.
+    url      = "https://github.com/blitzpp/blitz/tarball/1.0.0"
+#http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/%(namelower)s
+
+    version('1.0.0', '9f040b9827fe22228a892603671a77af')
+
+    # FIXME: Add dependencies if this package requires them.
+    # depends_on("foo")
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        # FIXME: Modify the configure line to suit your build system here.
+        # FIXME: Spack couldn't guess one, so here are some options:
+        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
+        # cmake('.', *std_cmake_args)
+
+        # FIXME: Add logic to build and install here
+        make()
+        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-cxx4/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-cxx4/package.py
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+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-cxx4/package.py
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+# FIXME:
+# This is a template package file for Spack.  We've conveniently
+# put "FIXME" labels next to all the things you'll want to change.
+#
+# Once you've edited all the FIXME's, delete this whole message,
+# save this file, and test out your package like this:
+#
+#     spack install netcdf-cxx4
+#
+# You can always get back here to change things with:
+#
+#     spack edit netcdf-cxx4
+#
+# See the spack documentation for more information on building
+# packages.
+#
+from spack import *
+
+class NetcdfCxx4(Package):
+    """C++ interface for NetCDF4"""
+    homepage = "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/netcdf-cxx/index.jsp"
+    url      = "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/ftp/netcdf-cxx4-4.2.tar.gz"
+
+    version('4.2', 'd019853802092cf686254aaba165fc81')
+
+
+    variant('mpi', default=True, description='Enables MPI parallelism')
+#    variant('hdf4',    default=False, description="Enable HDF4 support")
+
+    # NetCDF-CXX4 doesn't really depend (directly) on MPI.  However... this
+    # depndency ensures taht the right version of MPI is selected (eg: ^openmpi)
+    depends_on('mpi', when='+mpi')
+    depends_on('netcdf')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        # FIXME: Modify the configure line to suit your build system here.
+        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
+
+        # FIXME: Add logic to build and install here
+        make()
+        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-fortran/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-fortran/package.py
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+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netcdf-fortran/package.py
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+from spack import *
+
+class NetcdfFortran(Package):
+    """Fortran interface for NetCDF4"""
+
+    homepage = "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/netcdf-cxx/index.jsp"
+    url      = "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/ftp/netcdf-fortran-4.4.3.tar.gz"
+
+    version('4.4.3', 'bfd4ae23a34635b273d3eb0d91cbde9e')
+
+    variant('mpi', default=True, description='Enables MPI parallelism')
+
+    # NetCDF-CXX4 doesn't really depend (directly) on MPI.  However... this
+    # depndency ensures taht the right version of MPI is selected (eg: ^openmpi)
+    depends_on('mpi', when='+mpi')
+    depends_on('netcdf')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
+        make()
+        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proj/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proj/package.py
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+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/proj/package.py
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+# FIXME:
+# This is a template package file for Spack.  We've conveniently
+# put "FIXME" labels next to all the things you'll want to change.
+#
+# Once you've edited all the FIXME's, delete this whole message,
+# save this file, and test out your package like this:
+#
+#     spack install proj
+#
+# You can always get back here to change things with:
+#
+#     spack edit proj
+#
+# See the spack documentation for more information on building
+# packages.
+#
+from spack import *
+
+class Proj(Package):
+    """Cartographic Projections"""
+    homepage = "https://github.com/OSGeo/proj.4/wiki"
+    url      = "http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.9.2.tar.gz"
+
+    version('4.9.2', '9843131676e31bbd903d60ae7dc76cf9')
+    version('4.9.1', '3cbb2a964fd19a496f5f4265a717d31c')
+    version('4.8.0', 'd815838c92a29179298c126effbb1537')
+    version('4.7.0', '927d34623b52e0209ba2bfcca18fe8cd')
+    version('4.6.1', '7dbaab8431ad50c25669fd3fb28dc493')
+
+    # FIXME: Add dependencies if this package requires them.
+    # depends_on("foo")
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix)
+
+        make()
+        make("install")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/udunits2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/udunits2/package.py
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+from spack import *
+
+class Udunits2(Package):
+    """Automated units conversion"""
+
+    homepage = "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/udunits"
+    url      = "ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/udunits/udunits-2.2.20.tar.gz"
+
+    version('2.2.20', '1586b70a49dfe05da5fcc29ef239dce0')
+
+    depends_on('expat')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        configure("--prefix=%s" % prefix)
+        make()
+        make("install")