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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2016, 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 LICENSE file 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 Panda(Package):
+    """PANDA: Parallel AdjaceNcy Decomposition Algorithm"""
+    homepage = "http://comopt.ifi.uni-heidelberg.de/software/PANDA/index.html"
+    url      = "http://comopt.ifi.uni-heidelberg.de/software/PANDA/downloads/current_panda.tar"
+
+    version('panda', 'b06dc312ee56e13eefea9c915b70fcef')
+
+    # Note: Panda can also be built without MPI support
+
+    depends_on("cmake")
+    depends_on("mpi")
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        with working_dir('spack-build', create=True):
+            cmake("..", *std_cmake_args)
+            make()
+            make("install")