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+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'pio'
+version = '2.5.3'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/NCAR/ParallelIO'
+description = """A high-level Parallel I/O Library for structured grid applications"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'iompi', 'version': '2020a'}
+
+source_urls= ['https://github.com/NCAR/ParallelIO/releases/download/%(name)s%(version.replace(".","_")s/']
+sources = ['%(name)s-%(version)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['63ae300d7b2e8790a272d442cb2856ff053810a05a9c37d28228fc4ebde1f5f5']
+
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('PnetCDF', '1.10.0'),
+    ('netCDF-Fortran', '4.5.2', '-mpi'),
+    ('HDF5', '1.10.6', '-mpi'),
+]
+
+configopts = " --enable-fortran"
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libpiof.a', 'include/pio.mod'],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+modextravars = {
+    'PIO': '%(installdir)s'
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'data'