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 # Dedal
 
 This repository provides functionalities to easily ```managed spack environments``` and ```helpers for the container image build flow```.
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+This library runs only on different kinds of linux distribution operating systems.
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 The lowest ```spack version``` compatible with this library is ```v0.23.0```.