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+# Copyright 2013-2019 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Qgis(CMakePackage):
+    """QGIS is a free and open-source cross-platform desktop geographic
+    information system application that supports viewing, editing, and
+    analysis of geospatial data.
+    """
+
+    homepage = "https://qgis.org"
+    url      = "https://qgis.org/downloads/qgis-3.8.1.tar.bz2"
+
+    maintainers = ['adamjstewart', 'Sinan81']
+
+    version('3.12.0', sha256='19e9c185dfe88cad7ee6e0dcf5ab7b0bbfe1672307868a53bf771e0c8f9d5e9c')
+    # Prefer latest long term release
+    version('3.10.3', sha256='0869704df9120dd642996ff1ed50213ac8247650aa0640b62f8c9c581c05d7a7', preferred=True)
+    version('3.10.2', sha256='381cb01a8ac2f5379a915b124e9c830d727d2c67775ec49609c7153fe765a6f7')
+    version('3.10.1', sha256='466ac9fad91f266cf3b9d148f58e2adebd5b9fcfc03e6730eb72251e6c34c8ab')
+    version('3.10.0', sha256='25eb1c41d9fb922ffa337a720dfdceee43cf2d38409923f087c2010c9742f012')
+    version('3.8.3', sha256='3cca3e8483bc158cb8e972eb819a55a5734ba70f2c7da28ebc485864aafb17bd')
+    version('3.8.2', sha256='4d682f7625465a5b3596b3f7e83eddad86a60384fead9c81a6870704baffaddd')
+    version('3.8.1', sha256='d65c8e1c7471bba46f5017f261ebbef81dffb5843a24f0e7713a00f70785ea99')
+    # Latest long term release
+    version('3.4.14', sha256='e138716c7ea84011d3b28fb9c75e6a79322fb66f532246393571906a595d7261')
+
+    variant('3d',               default=False,  description='Build QGIS 3D library')
+    variant('analysis',         default=True,   description='Build QGIS analysis library')
+    variant('apidoc',           default=False,  description='Build QGIS API doxygen documentation')
+    variant('astyle',           default=False,  description='Contribute QGIS with astyle')
+    variant('bindings',         default=True,   description='Build Python bindings')
+    variant('clang_tidy',       default=False,  description='Use Clang tidy')
+    variant('core',             default=True,   description='Build QGIS Core')
+    variant('custom_widgets',   default=False,  description='Build QGIS custom widgets for Qt Designer')
+    variant('desktop',          default=True,   description='Build QGIS desktop')
+    variant('georeferencer',    default=True,   description='Build GeoReferencer plugin')
+    variant('globe',            default=False,  description='Build Globe plugin')
+    variant('grass7',           default=False,  description='Build with GRASS providers and plugin')
+    variant('gui',              default=True,   description='Build QGIS GUI library and everything built on top of it')
+    variant('internal_mdal',    default=True,   description='Build with MDAl support')
+    variant('internal_o2',      default=True,   description='Download and locally include source of o2 library')
+    variant('oauth2_plugin',    default=True,   description='Build OAuth2 authentication method plugin')
+    variant('oracle',           default=False,  description='Build with Oracle support')
+    variant('postgresql',       default=True,   description='Build with PostreSQL support')
+    variant('py_compile',       default=False,  description='Byte compile Python modules in staged or installed locations')
+    variant('qsciapi',          default=True,   description='Generate PyQGIS QScintilla2 API')
+    variant('qspatialite',      default=False,  description='Build QSpatialite sql driver')
+    variant('qt5serialport',    default=True,   description='Try Qt5SerialPort for GPS positioning')
+    variant('qtmobility',       default=False,  description='Build QtMobility related code')
+    variant('qtwebkit',         default=False,  description='Enable QtWebkit Support')
+    variant('quick',            default=False,  description='Build QGIS Quick library')
+    variant('qwtpolar',         default=False,  description='Build QwtPolar')
+    variant('server',           default=False,  description='Build QGIS server')
+    variant('staged_plugins',   default=True,   description='Stage-install core Python plugins to run from build directory')
+    variant('thread_local',     default=True,   description='Use std::thread_local')
+    variant('txt2tags',         default=False,  description='Generate PDF for txt2tags documentation')
+
+    # Ref. for dependencies:
+    # http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.github.com/qgis/QGIS/master/doc/INSTALL.html
+    # https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/INSTALL
+    depends_on('qt+dbus')
+    depends_on('proj@4.4.0:')
+    depends_on('geos@3.4.0:')
+    depends_on('sqlite@3.0.0: +column_metadata')
+    depends_on('libspatialite@4.2.0:')
+    depends_on('libspatialindex')
+    depends_on('gdal@2.1.0: +python', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
+    depends_on('qwt@5:')
+    depends_on('qwtpolar')
+    depends_on('expat@1.95:')
+    depends_on('qca@2.2.1')
+    depends_on('py-pyqt4 +qsci', when='@2')
+    depends_on('py-pyqt5@5.3: +qsci', when='@3')
+    depends_on('qscintilla')
+    depends_on('qjson')
+    depends_on('py-requests', type=('build', 'run'))  # TODO: is build dependency necessary?
+    depends_on('py-psycopg2', type=('build', 'run'))  # TODO: is build dependency necessary?
+    depends_on('qtkeychain@0.5:', when='@3:')
+    depends_on('libzip')
+    depends_on('exiv2')
+    depends_on('python@3.0.0:', type=('build', 'run'), when='@3')
+    depends_on('python@2.7:2.8', type=('build', 'run'), when='@2')
+
+    # Runtime python dependencies, not mentioned in install instructions
+    depends_on('py-pyyaml', type='run')
+    depends_on('py-owslib', type='run')
+    depends_on('py-jinja2', type='run')
+    depends_on('py-pygments', type='run')
+
+    # optionals
+    depends_on('postgresql@8:', when='+postgresql')  # for PostGIS support
+    depends_on('gsl', when='+georeferencer')  # for georeferencer
+    depends_on('grass@7.0.0', type=('build', 'link', 'run'), when='+grass7')  # for georeferencer
+
+    # the below dependencies are shown in cmake config
+    depends_on('hdf5')
+    depends_on('netcdf-c')
+
+    # build
+    depends_on('cmake@3.0.0:', type='build')
+    depends_on('flex@2.5.6:', type='build')
+    depends_on('bison@2.4:', type='build')
+    depends_on('pkg-config', type='build')
+
+    # Take care of conflicts using depends_on
+    depends_on('proj@5:', when='@3.8.2:')
+    depends_on('qt@5.9.0:5.12.99', when='@3.8.1:')
+    depends_on('qtkeychain@:1.5.99', when='^qt@4')
+    depends_on('qt@:4', when='@2')
+
+    def cmake_args(self):
+        spec = self.spec
+        args = []
+        # qtwebkit module was removed from qt as of version 5.6
+        # needs to be compiled as a separate package
+        args.extend([
+                    '-DUSE_OPENCL=OFF',
+                    # cmake couldn't determine the following paths
+                    '-DEXPAT_LIBRARY={0}'.format(self.spec['expat'].libs),
+                    '-DPOSTGRESQL_PREFIX={0}'.format(
+                        self.spec['postgresql'].prefix),
+                    '-DQSCINTILLA_INCLUDE_DIR=' +
+                    self.spec['qscintilla'].prefix.include,
+                    '-DQSCINTILLA_LIBRARY=' + self.spec['qscintilla'].prefix +
+                    '/lib/libqscintilla2_qt5.so',
+                    '-DLIBZIP_INCLUDE_DIR=' +
+                    self.spec['libzip'].prefix.include,
+                    '-DLIBZIP_CONF_INCLUDE_DIR=' +
+                    self.spec['libzip'].prefix.lib.libzip.include,
+                    '-DGDAL_CONFIG_PREFER_PATH=' +
+                    self.spec['gdal'].prefix.bin,
+                    '-DGEOS_CONFIG_PREFER_PATH=' +
+                    self.spec['geos'].prefix.bin,
+                    '-DGSL_CONFIG_PREFER_PATH=' + self.spec['gsl'].prefix.bin,
+                    '-DPOSTGRES_CONFIG_PREFER_PATH=' +
+                    self.spec['postgresql'].prefix.bin
+                    ])
+
+        args.extend([
+            '-DWITH_3D={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+3d' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_ANALYSIS={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+analysis' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_APIDOC={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+apidoc' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_ASTYLE={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+astyle' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_BINDINGS={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+bindings' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_CLANG_TIDY={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+clang_tidy' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_CORE={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+core' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_CUSTOM_WIDGETS={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+custom_widgets' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_DESKTOP={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+desktop' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_GEOREFERENCER={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+georeferencer' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_GLOBE={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+globe' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_GUI={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+gui' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_INTERNAL_MDAL={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+internal_mdal' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_INTERNAL_O2={0}'.format(
+                'ON' if '+internal_o2' in spec else 'OFF'),
+            '-DWITH_OAUTH2_PLUGIN={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+oauth2_plugin' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_ORACLE={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+oracle' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_POSTGRESQL={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+postgresql' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_PY_COMPILE={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+py_compile' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_QSCIAPI={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+qsciapi' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_QSPATIALITE={0}'.format(
+                'ON' if '+qspatialite' in spec else 'OFF'),
+            '-DWITH_QT5SERIALPORT={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+qt5serialport' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_QTMOBILITY={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+qtmobility' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_QTWEBKIT={0}'.format(
+                'ON' if '+qtwebkit' in spec else 'OFF'),
+            '-DWITH_QUICK={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+quick' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_QWTPOLAR={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+qwtpolar' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_SERVER={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+server' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_STAGED_PLUGINS={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+staged_plugin' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_THREAD_LOCAL={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+thread_local' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+            '-DWITH_TXT2TAGS_PDF={0}'.format(
+                'TRUE' if '+txt2tags_pdf' in spec else 'FALSE'),
+        ])
+
+        if '+grass7' in self.spec:
+            args.extend([
+                '-DWITH_GRASS7=ON',
+                '-DGRASS_PREFIX7={0}'.format(self.spec['grass'].prefix),
+                '-DGRASS_INCLUDE_DIR7={0}'.format(
+                    self.spec['grass'].prefix.include)
+            ])
+        else:
+            args.append('-DWITH_GRASS7=OFF')
+        return args