Dear all,

I am currently working with dealii version 9.1.1 and would like to install 
the latest version because I need access to the new element formulations. 
I cloned the spack repository and installed dealii via 
'spack install dealii'
and did all necessary instructions imposed by the dealii wiki entry on 
spack. However, I could not figure out from there how to install a newer 
version, for instance 9.3.3.

In my local working copy of the spack repository, I only have one master 
branch so far. I guess I first to need to upgrade spack somehow, in order 
to be able to install newer versions of a package, since 
'spack info dealii' 
only shows me versions up to 9.1.1, i.e. the one which I currently have 
installed.

1. So, should I first create a new branch in my local spack repo and then 
type 
'git fetch origin'
in order to bring spack up to date? 
I would like to keep version 9.1.1 as well, so I am a bit afraid of 
overwriting existing packages if I do everything on the master branch. Is 
this a valid approach at all or am I on the wrong track?
2. Is special care necessary, if a second version of dealii will be 
installed? 
As far as I know, spack is able to work with several versions of a package. 
However, I do not know how a second version of dealii affects all it's 
dependencies, for instance. UMFPACK. Will there newer versions installed 
'on-the-fly' as well, for the case they exist,...?

My lack of experience with spack makes me a bit careful to simple try 
things out, so I would appreciate to get some guidance how to accomplish 
this. 

Best
Simon






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