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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2016, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/llnl/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Tethex(Package):
+    """Tethex is designed to convert triangular (in 2D) or tetrahedral (in 3D)
+    Gmsh's mesh to quadrilateral or hexahedral one respectively. These meshes
+    can be used in software packages working with hexahedrals only - for
+    example, deal.II.
+    """
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/martemyev/tethex"
+    url      = "https://github.com/martemyev/tethex/archive/v0.0.7.tar.gz"
+
+    version('0.0.7', '6c9e4a18a6637deb4400c6d77ec03184')
+    version('develop', git='https://github.com/martemyev/tethex.git')
+
+    depends_on('cmake', type='build')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        cmake('.')
+        make()
+
+        # install by hand
+        mkdirp(prefix.bin)
+        install('tethex', prefix.bin)