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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2017, The VOTCA Development Team (http://www.votca.org)
+#
+# 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 VotcaXtp(CMakePackage):
+    """Versatile Object-oriented Toolkit for Coarse-graining
+       Applications (VOTCA) is a package intended to reduce the amount of
+       routine work when doing systematic coarse-graining of various
+       systems. The core is written in C++.
+
+       This package contains the VOTCA exciton transport engine.
+    """
+    homepage = "http://www.votca.org"
+    # No release yet
+    # url      = "https://github.com/votca/xtp/tarball/v1.4"
+
+    version('develop', git='https://github.com/votca/xtp', branch='master')
+
+    variant('debug', default=False, description='Build debug version')
+
+    depends_on("cmake@2.8:", type='build')
+    depends_on("votca-tools@develop", when='@develop')
+    depends_on("votca-csg@develop", when='@develop')
+    depends_on("votca-ctp@develop", when='@develop')
+    depends_on("votca-moo@develop", when='@develop')
+
+    def build_type(self):
+        spec = self.spec
+        if '+debug' in spec:
+            return 'Debug'
+        else:
+            return 'Release'