diff --git a/c/CGAL/CGAL-4.11.1-foss-2017b.eb b/c/CGAL/CGAL-4.11.1-foss-2018a.eb
similarity index 81%
rename from c/CGAL/CGAL-4.11.1-foss-2017b.eb
rename to c/CGAL/CGAL-4.11.1-foss-2018a.eb
index 8153e7c6..0bd14add 100644
--- a/c/CGAL/CGAL-4.11.1-foss-2017b.eb
+++ b/c/CGAL/CGAL-4.11.1-foss-2018a.eb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ homepage = 'http://www.cgal.org/'
 description = """The goal of the CGAL Open Source Project is to provide easy access to efficient
  and reliable geometric algorithms in the form of a C++ library."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2017b'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2018a'}
 toolchainopts = {'strict': True}
 
 source_urls = [
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ checksums = ['fb152fc30f007e5911922913f8dc38e0bb969b534373ca0fbe85b4d872300e8b']
 
 dependencies = [
     ('zlib', '1.2.11', '', True),
-    ('Boost', '1.67.0'),
-    ('MPFR', '4.0.1'),
+    ('Boost', '1.68.0', '-Py-2.7'),
+    ('MPFR', '4.0.1', '', True),
     ('GMP', '6.1.2', '', True),
     ('libGLU', '9.0.0', '', True),
-    ('Qt5', '5.11.1', '', ('GCC', '6.3.0-2.27')),
+    ('Qt5', '5.8.0', '', True),
 ]
 
 builddependencies = [
-    ('CMake', '3.11.4', '', ('GCC', '6.3.0-2.27')),
-    ('Eigen', '3.3.4', '', True),
+    ('CMake', '3.13.1', '', True),
+    ('Eigen', '3.3.7', '', True),
 ]
 
 configopts = "-DOPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR=$EBROOTMESA/include\;$EBROOTLIBGLU/include "
diff --git a/m/METIS/METIS-5.1.0.eb b/m/METIS/METIS-5.1.0.eb
index 3cf2e626..0a1da4e8 100644
--- a/m/METIS/METIS-5.1.0.eb
+++ b/m/METIS/METIS-5.1.0.eb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ source_urls = [
 ]
 
 builddependencies = [
-    ('CMake', '3.9.1')
+    ('CMake', '3.8.1')
 ]
 
 configopts = ['', 'shared=1']
diff --git a/m/MPFR/MPFR-4.0.1-foss-2017b.eb b/m/MPFR/MPFR-4.0.1.eb
similarity index 87%
rename from m/MPFR/MPFR-4.0.1-foss-2017b.eb
rename to m/MPFR/MPFR-4.0.1.eb
index 14a2a3d0..154625dc 100644
--- a/m/MPFR/MPFR-4.0.1-foss-2017b.eb
+++ b/m/MPFR/MPFR-4.0.1.eb
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ description = """
  computations with correct rounding.
 """
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2017b'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
 
 source_urls = ['http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-%(version)s/']
 sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_BZ2]
 checksums = ['a4d97610ba8579d380b384b225187c250ef88cfe1d5e7226b89519374209b86b']
 
 dependencies = [
-    ('GMP', '6.1.2', '', True),
+    ('GMP', '6.1.2'),
 ]
 
 runtest = 'check'
diff --git a/o/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-6-foss-2017b.eb b/o/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-6-foss-2018a.eb
similarity index 83%
rename from o/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-6-foss-2017b.eb
rename to o/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-6-foss-2018a.eb
index 287616a5..4e00d162 100644
--- a/o/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-6-foss-2017b.eb
+++ b/o/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-6-foss-2018a.eb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# IT4Innovations 2018
+# IT4Innovations 2019
 
 name = 'OpenFOAM'
 version = '6'
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = """OpenFOAM is a free, open source CFD software package.
  involving chemical reactions, turbulence and heat transfer,
  to solid dynamics and electromagnetics."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2017b'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2018a'}
 toolchainopts = {'cstd': 'c++11'}
 
 source_urls = [
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ dependencies = [
     ('libreadline', '7.0', '', True),
     ('ncurses', '6.1', '', True),
     # OpenFOAM requires 64 bit METIS using 32 bit indexes (array indexes)
-    ('METIS', '5.1.0'),
-    ('SCOTCH', '6.0.5'),
+    ('METIS', '5.1.0', '', True),
+    ('SCOTCH', '6.0.6'),
     ('CGAL', '4.11.1'),
     ('ParaView', '5.4.1', '-mpi'),
 ]
 
 builddependencies = [
-    ('Bison', '3.0.4', '', True),
-    ('CMake', '3.11.4', '', ('GCC', '6.3.0-2.27')),
+    ('Bison', '3.0.5', '', True),
+    ('CMake', '3.13.1', '', True),
     ('flex', '2.6.4', '', True),
 ]
 
diff --git a/p/ParaView/ParaView-5.4.1-Doc.patch b/p/ParaView/ParaView-5.4.1-Doc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3f67aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p/ParaView/ParaView-5.4.1-Doc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- Plugins/StreamLinesRepresentation/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2019-03-15 12:00:59.570649192 +0100
++++ Plugins/StreamLinesRepresentation/CMakeLists.txt	2019-03-15 12:01:24.960812105 +0100
+@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
+ 
+ add_paraview_plugin(
+   StreamLinesRepresentation "0.1"
+-  DOCUMENTATION_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc"
+   SERVER_MANAGER_XML StreamLinesRepresentation.xml
+   SERVER_MANAGER_SOURCES
+     vtkStreamLinesRepresentation.cxx
diff --git a/p/ParaView/ParaView-5.4.1-foss-2018a-mpi.eb b/p/ParaView/ParaView-5.4.1-foss-2018a-mpi.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..824a7b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/p/ParaView/ParaView-5.4.1-foss-2018a-mpi.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# IT4Innovations 2018
+
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'ParaView'
+version = '5.4.1'
+versionsuffix = '-mpi'
+
+homepage = "http://www.paraview.org"
+description = "ParaView is a scientific parallel visualizer."
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2018a'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True, 'usempi': True}
+
+download_suffix = 'download.php?submit=Download&version=v%(version_major_minor)s&type=source&os=all&downloadFile='
+source_urls = [
+    'http://www.paraview.org/paraview-downloads/%s' %
+    download_suffix]
+sources = ["ParaView-v%(version)s.tar.gz"]
+checksums = ['390d0f5dc66bf432e202a39b1f34193af4bf8aad2355338fa5e2778ea07a80e4']
+
+patches = ['ParaView-5.4.1-Doc.patch']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Mesa', '18.3.1', '', True),
+    ('libGLU', '9.0.0', '', True),
+    ('Qt5', '5.8.0', '', True),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11', '', True),
+    ('HDF5', '1.10.4', '-parallel'),
+    ('Py', '2.7', '', True),
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.13.1', '', True)
+]
+
+separate_build_dir = True
+
+configopts = '-DPARAVIEW_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT_FILES=ON -DVTK_OPENGL_HAS_OSMESA=ON -DPARAVIEW_USE_MPI=ON '
+configopts += '-DOPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR=$EBROOTMESA/include -DOPENGL_gl_LIBRARY=$EBROOTMESA/lib/libGL.%s ' % SHLIB_EXT
+configopts += '-DOSMESA_INCLUDE_DIR=$EBROOTMESA/include -DOSMESA_LIBRARY=$EBROOTMESA/lib/libOSMesa.%s ' % SHLIB_EXT
+configopts += '-DOPENGL_glu_LIBRARY=$EBROOTLIBGLU/lib/libGLU.%s ' % SHLIB_EXT
+configopts += '-DVTK_USE_SYSTEM_HDF5=ON -DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_PYTHON=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DVTK_RENDERING_BACKEND=OpenGL2 '
+
+# if you want to build server only Paraview, uncomment the following line:
+# configopts += '-DVTK_USE_X=OFF '
+
+# Without internet connection turn off testing (uncomment the following line)
+configopts += '-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF '
+# Or consult https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/blob/master/Documentation/dev/git/data.md
+# and download ExternalData to $EASYBUILD_SOURCEPATH and adjust -DExternalData_OBJECT_STORES accordingly
+# Without internet connection, comment the following two lines (configopts
+# and prebuildopts)
+configopts += '-DExternalData_OBJECT_STORES=%(builddir)s/ExternalData '
+
+configopts += ' -DPARAVIEW_QT_VERSION=5 -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=$EBROOTQT5/bin/qmake '
+# The ParaView server can be cranky, test downloads are quite often failing, especially in the case
+# of parallel downloads. Using ; insted of && gives a second chance to download the test files, if the
+# first serial attempt would fail.
+#prebuildopts = 'make VTKData ;'
+
+moduleclass = 'vis'
diff --git a/s/SCOTCH/SCOTCH-6.0.6-foss-2018a.eb b/s/SCOTCH/SCOTCH-6.0.6-foss-2018a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64166238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s/SCOTCH/SCOTCH-6.0.6-foss-2018a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# IT4Innovations 2018
+
+name = 'SCOTCH'
+version = '6.0.6'
+
+homepage = 'http://gforge.inria.fr/projects/scotch/'
+description = """Software package and libraries for sequential and parallel graph partitioning,
+static mapping, and sparse matrix block ordering, and sequential mesh and hypergraph partitioning."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2018a'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/file/37622']
+sources = ['scotch_%(version)s.tar.gz']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11', '', True),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'math'