diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py
index 70abe1dd00ec65e04884dd03b9f2177eb879fa7a..8cc7f40efcfc72a2d7b319f3b3541d6b880b4326 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py
@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@
def setup_parser(subparser):
subparser.add_argument(
- '-i', '--ignore-dependencies', action='store_true', dest='ignore_deps',
- help="Do not try to install dependencies of requested packages.")
- subparser.add_argument(
- '-d', '--dependencies-only', action='store_true', dest='deps_only',
- help='Install dependencies of this package, ' +
- 'but not the package itself.')
+ '--only',
+ default='package,dependencies',
+ dest='things_to_install',
+ choices=['package', 'dependencies', 'package,dependencies'],
+ help="""Select the mode of installation.
+The default is to install the package along with all its dependencies.
+Alternatively one can decide to install only the package or only
+the dependencies."""
+ )
subparser.add_argument(
'-j', '--jobs', action='store', type=int,
help="Explicitly set number of make jobs. Default is #cpus.")
@@ -63,15 +66,17 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
'--dirty', action='store_true', dest='dirty',
help="Install a package *without* cleaning the environment.")
subparser.add_argument(
- 'packages', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
- help="specs of packages to install")
+ 'package',
+ nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
+ help="spec of the package to install"
+ )
subparser.add_argument(
'--run-tests', action='store_true', dest='run_tests',
help="Run tests during installation of a package.")
def install(parser, args):
- if not args.packages:
+ if not args.package:
tty.die("install requires at least one package argument")
if args.jobs is not None:
@@ -81,17 +86,33 @@ def install(parser, args):
if args.no_checksum:
spack.do_checksum = False # TODO: remove this global.
- specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.packages, concretize=True)
- for spec in specs:
+ # Parse cli arguments and construct a dictionary
+ # that will be passed to Package.do_install API
+ kwargs = {
+ 'keep_prefix': args.keep_prefix,
+ 'keep_stage': args.keep_stage,
+ 'install_deps': 'dependencies' in args.things_to_install,
+ 'make_jobs': args.jobs,
+ 'run_tests': args.run_tests,
+ 'verbose': args.verbose,
+ 'fake': args.fake,
+ 'dirty': args.dirty
+ }
+
+ # Spec from cli
+ specs = spack.cmd.parse_specs(args.package, concretize=True)
+ if len(specs) != 1:
+ tty.error('only one spec can be installed at a time.')
+ spec = specs.pop()
+
+ if args.things_to_install == 'dependencies':
+ # Install dependencies as-if they were installed
+ # for root (explicit=False in the DB)
+ kwargs['explicit'] = False
+ for s in spec.dependencies():
+ p = spack.repo.get(s)
+ p.do_install(**kwargs)
+ else:
package = spack.repo.get(spec)
- package.do_install(
- keep_prefix=args.keep_prefix,
- keep_stage=args.keep_stage,
- install_deps=not args.ignore_deps,
- install_self=not args.deps_only,
- make_jobs=args.jobs,
- run_tests=args.run_tests,
- verbose=args.verbose,
- fake=args.fake,
- dirty=args.dirty,
- explicit=True)
+ kwargs['explicit'] = True
+ package.do_install(**kwargs)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/setup.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/setup.py
index c63c5663383772524009cb4203820c78b5d63ee2..c393378a8d7e0953789b7ddb4394001804fd6cc9 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/setup.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/setup.py
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ def setup(self, args):
package.do_install(
keep_prefix=True, # Don't remove install directory
install_deps=not args.ignore_deps,
- install_self=True,
verbose=args.verbose,
keep_stage=True, # don't remove source dir for SETUP.
install_phases=set(['setup', 'provenance']),
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test_install.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test_install.py
index c35f2740a075646995a6f6fa22aefd03c4141fe1..f962c5988a9da9bf5eee0adca20fd0490566910c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test_install.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/test_install.py
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ def install_single_spec(spec, number_of_jobs):
package.do_install(keep_prefix=False,
keep_stage=True,
install_deps=True,
- install_self=True,
make_jobs=number_of_jobs,
verbose=True,
fake=False)
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/package.py b/lib/spack/spack/package.py
index 768605294f8e7cb3362e34cbe584994713ad67fb..7387fbed58e0d610311cf62a800bb563e14d48c4 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/package.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/package.py
@@ -952,8 +952,6 @@ def do_install(self,
even with exceptions.
:param install_deps: Install dependencies before installing this \
package
- :param install_self: Install this package once dependencies have \
- been installed.
:param fake: Don't really build; install fake stub files instead.
:param skip_patch: Skip patch stage of build if True.
:param verbose: Display verbose build output (by default, suppresses \
@@ -998,7 +996,6 @@ def do_install(self,
keep_prefix=keep_prefix,
keep_stage=keep_stage,
install_deps=install_deps,
- install_self=True,
fake=fake,
skip_patch=skip_patch,
verbose=verbose,
@@ -1006,11 +1003,6 @@ def do_install(self,
run_tests=run_tests,
dirty=dirty)
- # The rest of this function is to install ourself,
- # once deps have been installed.
- if not install_self:
- return
-
# Set run_tests flag before starting build.
self.run_tests = run_tests