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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2017, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/llnl/spack
+# Please also see the NOTICE and LICENSE files for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class P7zip(MakefilePackage):
+    """A Unix port of the 7z file archiver"""
+
+    homepage = "http://p7zip.sourceforge.net"
+    url      = "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/p7zip/p7zip/16.02/p7zip_16.02_src_all.tar.bz2"
+
+    version('16.02', 'a0128d661cfe7cc8c121e73519c54fbf')
+
+    # all3 includes 7z, 7za, and 7zr
+    build_targets = ['all3']
+
+    @property
+    def install_targets(self):
+        return ['DEST_HOME={0}'.format(self.prefix), 'install']