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+# Copyright 2013-2021 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class RRviennacl(RPackage):
+    """RViennaCL: 'ViennaCL' C++ Header Files"""
+
+    homepage = "https://cloud.r-project.org/package=RViennaCL"
+    url      = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/RViennaCL_1.7.1.8.tar.gz"
+    list_url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/RViennaCL"
+
+    version('1.7.1.8', sha256='adcc74537337582153d5b11d281e391e91a7f3afae116aa1b9a034ffd11b0252')