# Installation with Spack or Guix

**URL:** <https://community.freefem.org/t/installation-with-spack-or-guix/3524>\
**Category:** FreeFEM installation\
**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/installation-with-spack-or-guix/3524 "2024-09-26T12:19:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![viperML](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.freefem.org/viperml/32/2659_2.png) [@viperML](https://community.freefem.org/u/viperML)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/installation-with-spack-or-guix/3524/1 "2024-09-26T12:19:47Z")

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Hello! 👋

I recently bumped the FreeFem packages in [Spack](https://packages.spack.io/package.html?name=freefem) and [Guix-HPC](https://hpc.guix.info/package/freefem) to 4.14.

I would like to hear if somebody is using these packages, if they work correctly and if there are things to change/improve.

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**Author:** ![simon814](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@simon814](https://community.freefem.org/u/simon814)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/installation-with-spack-or-guix/3524/2 "2024-12-13T17:48:36Z")

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Hello,

Thank you for that! I would like to use it for the new composite spaces but it seems that it doesn’t compile with PETSc, do you know if it is made on purpose?

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**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/installation-with-spack-or-guix/3524/3 "2024-12-14T09:01:04Z")

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It is just not supported with these package managers. So you should compile from the sources.