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+##
+# Author:    Robert Mijakovic <robert.mijakovic@lxp.lu>
+# Author:    Jasper Grimm (UoY)
+##
+name = 'PETSc'
+version = '3.21.2'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc'
+description = """PETSc, pronounced PET-see (the S is silent), is a suite of data structures and routines for the
+ scalable (parallel) solution of scientific applications modeled by partial differential equations."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023b'}
+toolchainopts = {'openmp': True, 'usempi': True, 'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = [
+    'https://web.cels.anl.gov/projects/petsc/download/release-snapshots',
+]
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['a1ac62b6204bdf2f7f9b637abf45e6cff24d372d4d3d3702c50e157bdb56eb21']
+
+builddependencies = [('CMake', '3.27.6')]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.11.5'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2023.11'),
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('METIS', '5.1.0'),
+    ('SCOTCH', '7.0.4'),
+    ('MUMPS', '5.6.1', '-metis'),
+    ('SuiteSparse', '7.7.0', '-METIS-5.1.0'),
+    ('Hypre', '2.31.0'),
+    ('ParMETIS', '4.0.3'),
+    ('SuperLU_DIST', '8.2.1'),
+    ('mpi4py', '3.1.5'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--LIBS="$LIBS -lrt" --with-mpi4py=0 '
+
+shared_libs = 1
+
+# only required when building PETSc in a SLURM job environment
+# configopts += '--with-batch=1 --known-mpi-shared-libraries=1 --known-64-bit-blas-indices=0 '
+# prebuildopts = "srun ./conftest-arch-linux2-c-opt && ./reconfigure-arch-linux2-c-opt.py && "
+
+moduleclass = 'numlib'