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+# Copyright 2013-2019 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from glob import glob
+
+import os
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Liggghts(MakefilePackage):
+    """Discrete element method particle simulation."""
+    homepage = 'https://www.cfdem.com/media/DEM/docu/Manual.html'
+    url = 'https://github.com/CFDEMproject/LIGGGHTS-PUBLIC/archive/3.8.0.tar.gz'
+    git = 'git@github.com:CFDEMproject/LIGGGHTS-PUBLIC.git'
+
+    version('3.8.0', 'dabd019e0ea0260ebb96df2cc4703e14d77498e6')
+
+    variant('mpi', default=True, description='Enable MPI support')
+    variant('jpeg', default=True, description='Enable JPEG support')
+    variant('gzip', default=True,
+            description='Enable GZIP for some input and output files')
+    variant('debug', default=False, 
+            description='Builds a debug version of the executable')
+    variant('profile', default=False, 
+            description='Generate profiling code')
+
+    depends_on('vtk')
+    depends_on('mpi', when='+mpi')
+    depends_on('jpeg', when='+jpeg')
+    depends_on('zlib', when="+gzip")
+
+    build_directory = 'src'
+    build_targets = ['auto']
+
+    def edit(self, spec, prefix):
+        # The package expects you to create Makefile.user from
+        # Makefile.user_default.
+        makefile_default = os.path.join('src', 'MAKE', 'Makefile.user_default')
+        makefile_user = os.path.join('src', 'MAKE', 'Makefile.user')
+        os.symlink(os.path.basename(makefile_default), makefile_user)
+        makefile = FileFilter(makefile_user)
+        makefile_auto = FileFilter(
+            os.path.join('src', 'MAKE', 'Makefile.auto'))
+
+        # Upstream misleadingly suggests that VTK is an optional
+        # dependency, but VTK is always needed to create an output file!
+        vtk = spec['vtk']
+        makefile.filter(r'^#(VTK_INC_USR=-I).*',
+                        r'\1{0}'.format(
+                            # Glob for the VTK subdirectory like "vtk-8.1".
+                            glob(os.path.join(vtk.prefix.include, "vtk*"))[0]))
+        makefile.filter(r'^#(VTK_LIB_USR=-L).*',
+                        r'\1{0}'.format(vtk.prefix.lib))
+
+        if '+mpi' in spec:
+            mpi = spec['mpi']
+            makefile.filter(r'^#(MPICXX_USER=).*',
+                            r'\1{0}'.format(mpi.mpicxx))
+            makefile.filter(r'^#(MPI_INC_USER=).*',
+                            r'\1{0}'.format(mpi.prefix.include))
+            makefile.filter(r'^#(MPI_LIB_USER=).*',
+                            r'\1{0}'.format(mpi.prefix.lib))
+        else:
+            makefile.filter(r'^(USE_MPI = ).*', r'\1"OFF"')
+            # Set path to C++ compiler.
+            makefile.filter(r'^#(CXX_USR=).*', r'\1{0}'.format(env['CXX']))
+
+            # Disable compilation sanity check which recursively
+            # builds using its own target!
+            makefile_auto.filter(r'^(.+)(EXTRA_ADDLIBS.*mpi_stubs.*)',
+                                 r'\1#\2')
+
+        if '+jpeg' in spec:
+            jpeg = spec['jpeg']
+            makefile.filter(r'^(USE_JPG = ).*', r'\1"ON"')
+            makefile.filter(r'^#(JPG_INC_USER=-I).*',
+                            r'\1{0}'.format(jpeg.prefix.include))
+            makefile.filter(r'^#(JPG_LIB_USER=-L).*',
+                            r'\1{0}'.format(jpeg.prefix.lib))
+
+        if '+gzip' in spec:
+            makefile.filter(r'^(USE_GZIP = ).*', r'\1"ON"')
+
+        if '+debug' in spec:
+            makefile.filter(r'^(USE_DEBUG = ).*', r'\1"ON"')
+
+        if '+profile' in spec:
+            makefile.filter(r'^(USE_PROFILE = ).*', r'\1"ON"')
+
+        # Enable debug output of Makefile.auto in the log file
+        # src/Obj_auto/make_auto.log to quickly troubleshoot if
+        # anything goes wrong.
+        env['AUTO_DEBUG'] = '1'
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        mkdir(prefix.bin)
+        install(os.path.join('src', 'lmp_auto'), prefix.bin.liggghts)