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 Installing from Source using Spack
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-`Spack`_ is a package management tool designed to support multiple versions and
+Spack_ is a package management tool designed to support multiple versions and
 configurations of software on a wide variety of platforms and environments.
 Please follow Spack's `setup guide`_ to configure the Spack system.