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+# This is an easyconfig file for EasyBuild, see http://hpcugent.github.io/easybuild
+
+name = 'impi'
+version = '2017.3.196'
+
+homepage = 'http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-mpi-library/'
+description = """The Intel(R) MPI Library for Linux* OS is a multi-fabric message
+ passing library based on ANL MPICH2 and OSU MVAPICH2. The Intel MPI Library for
+ Linux OS implements the Message Passing Interface, version 2 (MPI-2) specification."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'PGI', 'version': '17.9-GCC-6.3.0-2.27'}
+
+sources = ['l_mpi_%(version)s.tgz']
+
+dontcreateinstalldir = 'True'
+
+components = ['intel-mpi', 'intel-psxe', 'intel-imb']
+
+license_file = '/apps/licenses/intel/license.lic'
+
+# set up all the mpi commands to default to intel compilers
+# set_mpi_wrappers_all = 'True'
+
+postinstallcmds = [
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpi.so  %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpich.so',
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpigc4.so  %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpichcxx.so',
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpigf.so %(installdir)s/lib64/libfmpich.so',
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpigf.so %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpichf90.so',
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpi.so %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpl.so',
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpi.so %(installdir)s/lib64/libopa.so'
+]
+
+modextravars = {
+    'I_MPI_CC': 'icc',
+    'I_MPI_CXX': 'icpc',
+    'I_MPI_F77': 'ifort',
+    'I_MPI_F90': 'ifort',
+    'I_MPI_FC': 'ifort',
+    'I_MPI_EXTRA_FILESYSTEM': 'enable',
+    'I_MPI_EXTRA_FILESYSTEM_LIST': 'lustre',
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'mpi'