From 28215b754e19e2544b34abd0ab7fdbee8208960b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Kaiser <jakob.kaiser@kip.uni-heidelberg.de>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:13:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: install instructions in README

- adjust git clone command to clone correct spack version
- remove creation of enviroement (already present due to `spack.yaml`)
- provide a example for `SYSTEMNAME`
---
 README.md | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f141bc3..6f01c63e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ git clone --branch {branch-name} https://gitlab.ebrains.eu/ri/tech-hub/platform/
 
 Clone Spack. We currently use version v0.21.1:
 ```
-git clone --depth 1 -c advice.detachedHead=false -c feature.manyFiles=true --branch v0.20.0 https://github.com/spack/spack
+git clone --depth 1 -c advice.detachedHead=false -c feature.manyFiles=true --branch v0.21.1 https://github.com/spack/spack
 ```
 
 Activate Spack:
@@ -53,12 +53,7 @@ Add the project repository to your Spack environment:
 spack repo add ebrains-spack-builds
 ```
 
-Create the environment:
-```
-spack env create -d ebrains-spack-builds/
-```
-
-Define your site-specific configurations:
+Define your site-specific configurations, e.g. choose `ebrainslab`:
 ```
 export SYSTEMNAME=<your-system-name>
 mkdir ebrains-spack-builds/site-config/$SYSTEMNAME
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