diff --git a/meshing_supersede/packages/cgal/package.py b/meshing_supersede/packages/cgal/package.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d43750d..0000000
--- a/meshing_supersede/packages/cgal/package.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013-2022 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.package import *
-
-
-class Cgal(CMakePackage):
-    """The Computational Geometry Algorithms Library (CGAL) is a C++ library
-    that aims to provide easy access to efficient and reliable algorithms in
-    computational geometry. CGAL is used in various areas needing geometric
-    computation, such as geographic information systems, computer aided design,
-    molecular biology, medical imaging, computer graphics, and robotics.
-    """
-
-    homepage = "https://www.cgal.org/"
-    url = "https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/releases/download/v5.4.1/CGAL-5.4.1.tar.xz"
-
-    version("5.4.1", sha256="4c3dd7ee4d36d237111a4d72b6e14170093271595d5b695148532daa95323d76")
-    version("5.1.5", sha256="b1bb8a6053aa12baa5981aef20a542cd3e617a86826963fb8fb6852b1a0da97c")
-    version("5.0.3", sha256="e5a3672e35e5e92e3c1b4452cd3c1d554f3177dc512bd98b29edf21866a4288c")
-    version("5.0", sha256="e1e7e932988c5d149aa471c1afd69915b7603b5b31b9b317a0debb20ecd42dcc")
-    version("4.13", sha256="3e3dd7a64febda58be54c3cbeba329ab6a73b72d4d7647ba4931ecd1fad0e3bc")
-    version("4.12", sha256="442ef4fffb2ad6e4141e5a7902993ae6a4e73f7cb641fae1010bb586f6ca5e3f")
-    version("4.11", sha256="27a7762e5430f5392a1fe12a3a4abdfe667605c40224de1c6599f49d66cfbdd2")
-    version("4.9.1", sha256="56557da971b5310c2678ffc5def4109266666ff3adc7babbe446797ee2b90cca")
-    version("4.9", sha256="63ac5df71f912f34f2f0f2e54a303578df51f4ec2627db593a65407d791f9039")
-    version("4.7", sha256="50bd0a1cad7a8957b09012f831eebaf7d670e2a3467e8f365ec0c71fa5436369")
-    version("4.6.3", sha256="e338027b8767c0a7a6e4fd8679182d1b83b5b1a0da0a1fe4546e7c0ca094fc21")
-
-    variant("shared", default=True, description="Enables the build of shared libraries")
-    variant(
-        "build_type",
-        default="Release",
-        description="The build type to build",
-        values=("Debug", "Release"),
-    )
-    variant("header_only", default=False, description="Install in header only mode")
-
-    # ---- See "7 CGAL Libraries" at:
-    # https://doc.cgal.org/latest/Manual/installation.html
-
-    # The CORE library provides exact arithmetic for geometric computations.
-    # See: https://cs.nyu.edu/exact/core_pages/
-    #      https://cs.nyu.edu/exact/core_pages/svn-core.html
-    variant("core", default=False, description="Build the CORE library for algebraic numbers")
-    variant("imageio", default=False, description="Build utilities to read/write image files")
-    variant("demos", default=False, description="Build CGAL demos")
-    variant("eigen", default=True, description="Build with Eigen support")
-
-    depends_on("cmake@2.8.11:", type="build")
-
-    # Essential Third Party Libraries
-    depends_on("boost+exception+math+random+container")
-    depends_on("gmp")
-    depends_on("mpfr")
-
-    # Required for CGAL_ImageIO
-    # depends_on('opengl', when='+imageio') # not yet in Spack
-    depends_on("zlib")
-
-    # Optional to build CGAL_Qt5 (demos)
-    # depends_on('opengl', when='+demos')   # not yet in Spack
-    depends_on("qt@5:", when="+demos")
-
-    # Optional Third Party Libraries
-    depends_on("eigen", when="+eigen")
-
-    # depends_on('leda')
-    # depends_on('mpfi')
-    # depends_on('rs')
-    # depends_on('rs3')
-    # depends_on('ntl')
-    # depends_on('libqglviewer')
-    # depends_on('esbtl')
-    # depends_on('intel-tbb')
-
-    conflicts(
-        "~header_only",
-        when="@:4.9",
-        msg="Header only builds became optional in 4.9," " default thereafter",
-    )
-
-    def url_for_version(self, version):
-        url = "https://github.com/CGAL/cgal/releases/download/"
-        if version <= Version("5.0.3"):
-            url += "releases/CGAL-{0}/CGAL-{0}.tar.xz"
-        else:
-            url += "v{0}/CGAL-{0}.tar.xz"
-
-        return url.format(version)
-
-    def setup_build_environment(self, env):
-        spec = self.spec
-
-        env.set("BOOST_INCLUDEDIR", spec["boost"].headers.directories[0])
-        env.set("BOOST_LIBRARYDIR", spec["boost"].libs.directories[0])
-
-        if "+eigen" in spec:
-            env.set("EIGEN3_INC_DIR", spec["eigen"].headers.directories[0])
-
-    def cmake_args(self):
-        # Installation instructions:
-        # https://doc.cgal.org/latest/Manual/installation.html
-        spec = self.spec
-
-        def variant_bool(feature):
-            str(feature in spec)
-        cmake_args = []
-
-        cmake_args.append("-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=%s" % variant_bool("+shared"))
-        cmake_args.append("-DWITH_CGAL_Core:BOOL=%s" % variant_bool("+core"))
-        cmake_args.append("-DWITH_CGAL_ImageIO:BOOL=%s" % variant_bool("+imageio"))
-        cmake_args.append("-DWITH_CGAL_Qt5:BOOL=%s" % variant_bool("+demos"))
-
-        if spec.satisfies("@4.9:"):
-            cmake_args.append("-DCGAL_HEADER_ONLY:BOOL=%s" % variant_bool("+header_only"))
-
-        return cmake_args
diff --git a/meshing_supersede/packages/cgns/no-matherr.patch b/meshing_supersede/packages/cgns/no-matherr.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 00b3de2..0000000
--- a/meshing_supersede/packages/cgns/no-matherr.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-Description: Remove matherr hack
- Remove matherr hack, that is only needed for Sun shared libraries and
- causes an FTBFS with glibc 2.27 onwards, as SVID error handling has
- been removed.
-Author: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>
-Last-Update: 2018-02-12
-
---- libcgns-3.3.0.orig/src/cgnstools/cgnscalc/calcwish.c
-+++ libcgns-3.3.0/src/cgnstools/cgnscalc/calcwish.c
-@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@
- #include "tk.h"
- #include "locale.h"
- 
--/*
-- * The following variable is a special hack that is needed in order for
-- * Sun shared libraries to be used for Tcl.
-- */
--
--extern int matherr();
--int *tclDummyMathPtr = (int *) matherr;
--
- #ifdef TK_TEST
- extern int		Tcltest_Init _ANSI_ARGS_((Tcl_Interp *interp));
- extern int		Tktest_Init _ANSI_ARGS_((Tcl_Interp *interp));
---- libcgns-3.3.0.orig/src/cgnstools/cgnsplot/plotwish.c
-+++ libcgns-3.3.0/src/cgnstools/cgnsplot/plotwish.c
-@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@
- #include "tk.h"
- #include "locale.h"
- 
--/*
-- * The following variable is a special hack that is needed in order for
-- * Sun shared libraries to be used for Tcl.
-- */
--
--extern int matherr();
--int *tclDummyMathPtr = (int *) matherr;
--
- extern int Cgnstcl_Init _ANSI_ARGS_((Tcl_Interp *interp));
- extern int Tkogl_Init _ANSI_ARGS_((Tcl_Interp *interp));
- 
---- libcgns-3.3.0.orig/src/cgnstools/cgnsview/cgiowish.c
-+++ libcgns-3.3.0/src/cgnstools/cgnsview/cgiowish.c
-@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@
- #include "tk.h"
- #include "locale.h"
- 
--/*
-- * The following variable is a special hack that is needed in order for
-- * Sun shared libraries to be used for Tcl.
-- */
--
--extern int matherr();
--int *tclDummyMathPtr = (int *) matherr;
--
- #ifdef TK_TEST
- extern int		Tcltest_Init _ANSI_ARGS_((Tcl_Interp *interp));
- extern int		Tktest_Init _ANSI_ARGS_((Tcl_Interp *interp));
diff --git a/meshing_supersede/packages/cgns/package.py b/meshing_supersede/packages/cgns/package.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c49f73..0000000
--- a/meshing_supersede/packages/cgns/package.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013-2023 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)
-
-import sys
-
-from spack.package import *
-
-
-class Cgns(CMakePackage):
-    """The CFD General Notation System (CGNS) provides a general, portable,
-    and extensible standard for the storage and retrieval of computational
-    fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis data."""
-
-    homepage = "https://cgns.github.io/"
-    url = "https://github.com/CGNS/CGNS/archive/v4.3.0.tar.gz"
-    git = "https://github.com/CGNS/CGNS"
-    maintainers = ["gsjaardema"]
-
-    parallel = False
-
-    version("develop", branch="develop")
-    version("master", branch="master")
-    version("4.3.0", sha256="7709eb7d99731dea0dd1eff183f109eaef8d9556624e3fbc34dc5177afc0a032")
-    version("4.2.0", sha256="090ec6cb0916d90c16790183fc7c2bd2bd7e9a5e3764b36c8196ba37bf1dc817")
-    version("4.1.2", sha256="951653956f509b8a64040f1440c77f5ee0e6e2bf0a9eef1248d370f60a400050")
-    version("4.1.1", sha256="055d345c3569df3ae832fb2611cd7e0bc61d56da41b2be1533407e949581e226")
-    version("4.1.0", sha256="4674de1fac3c47998248725fd670377be497f568312c5903d1bb8090a3cf4da0")
-    version("4.0.0", sha256="748585a8e52dff4d250d6b603e6b847d05498e4566aba2dc3d7a7d85c4d55849")
-    version("3.4.1", sha256="d32595e7737b9332243bd3de1eb8c018a272f620f09b289dea8292eba1365994")
-    version("3.4.0", sha256="6372196caf25b27d38cf6f056258cb0bdd45757f49d9c59372b6dbbddb1e05da")
-    version("3.3.1", sha256="81093693b2e21a99c5640b82b267a495625b663d7b8125d5f1e9e7aaa1f8d469")
-    version("3.3.0", sha256="8422c67994f8dc6a2f201523a14f6c7d7e16313bdd404c460c16079dbeafc662")
-
-    variant("hdf5", default=True, description="Enable HDF5 interface")
-    variant("fortran", default=False, description="Enable Fortran interface")
-    variant("base_scope", default=False, description="Enable base scope")
-    variant("scoping", default=True, description="Enable scoping")
-    variant("mpi", default=True, description="Enable parallel cgns")
-    variant("int64", default=False, description="Build with 64-bit integers")
-    variant("shared", default=True, description="Enable shared library")
-    variant("static", default=False, description="Build static libraries")
-    variant("testing", default=False, description="Build CGNS testing")
-    variant("legacy", default=False, description="Enable legacy options")
-    variant("mem_debug", default=False, description="Enable memory debugging option")
-    variant("tools", default=False, description="Enable CGNS tools")
-
-    depends_on("cmake@3.12:", when="@4.3:", type="build")
-    depends_on("cmake@3.8:", when="@4.2:", type="build")
-    depends_on("cmake@2.8:", when="@:4.1", type="build")
-    depends_on("hdf5~mpi", when="+hdf5~mpi")
-    depends_on("hdf5+mpi", when="+hdf5+mpi")
-    depends_on("mpi", when="+mpi")
-
-    # cgnsview requires tk to run
-    depends_on("tk", when="+tools", type=("build", "link", "run"))
-    depends_on("tcl", when="+tools")
-    depends_on("gl", when="+tools")
-    depends_on("glu", when="+tools")
-    depends_on("libxmu", when="+tools")
-    depends_on("libsm", when="+tools")
-
-    # patch for error undefined reference to `matherr, see
-    # https://bugs.gentoo.org/662210
-    patch("no-matherr.patch", when="@:3.3.1 +tools")
-
-    def cmake_args(self):
-        spec = self.spec
-        options = []
-
-        options.extend(
-            [
-                self.define_from_variant("CGNS_ENABLE_FORTRAN", "fortran"),
-                self.define_from_variant("CGNS_ENABLE_SCOPING", "scoping"),
-                self.define_from_variant("CGNS_ENABLE_PARALLEL", "mpi"),
-                "-DCGNS_ENABLE_TESTS:BOOL=OFF",
-                self.define_from_variant("CGNS_BUILD_TESTING", "testing"),
-                self.define_from_variant("CGNS_BUILD_CGNSTOOLS", "tools"),
-                self.define_from_variant("CGNS_BUILD_SHARED", "shared"),
-                self.define_from_variant("CGNS_BUILD_STATIC", "static"),
-                self.define_from_variant("CGNS_ENABLE_BASE_SCOPE", "base_scope"),
-                self.define_from_variant("CGNS_ENABLE_LEGACY", "legacy"),
-                self.define_from_variant("CGNS_ENABLE_MEM_DEBUG", "mem_debug"),
-            ]
-        )
-
-        if "+mpi" in spec:
-            options.extend(
-                [
-                    "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%s" % spec["mpi"].mpicc,
-                    "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%s" % spec["mpi"].mpicxx,
-                    "-DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=%s" % spec["mpi"].mpifc,
-                ]
-            )
-
-        options.append(self.define_from_variant("CGNS_ENABLE_64BIT", "int64"))
-
-        if "+hdf5" in spec:
-            options.extend(
-                [
-                    "-DCGNS_ENABLE_HDF5:BOOL=ON",
-                    "-DHDF5_NEED_ZLIB:BOOL=ON",
-                    "-DHDF5_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=%s" % spec["hdf5"].prefix.include,
-                    "-DHDF5_LIBRARY_DIR:PATH=%s" % spec["hdf5"].prefix.lib,
-                ]
-            )
-            if "+mpi" in spec:
-                options.extend(["-DHDF5_NEED_MPI:BOOL=ON", "-DHDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL:BOOL=ON"])
-        else:
-            options.extend(["-DCGNS_ENABLE_HDF5=OFF"])
-
-        if self.version <= Version("3.3.1"):
-            if sys.platform == "darwin":
-                options.extend(["-DCMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH:BOOL=ON"])
-
-        return options
diff --git a/meshing_supersede/packages/gts/package.py b/meshing_supersede/packages/gts/package.py
deleted file mode 100644
index eb50d0c..0000000
--- a/meshing_supersede/packages/gts/package.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013-2023 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.package import *
-
-
-class Gts(AutotoolsPackage):
-    """GTS stands for the GNU Triangulated Surface Library.
-
-    It is an Open Source Free Software Library intended to provide a set of
-    useful functions to deal with 3D surfaces meshed with interconnected
-    triangles. The source code is available free of charge under the Free
-    Software LGPL license.
-
-    The code is written entirely in C with an object-oriented approach
-    based mostly on the design of GTK+. Careful attention is paid to
-    performance related issues as the initial goal of GTS is to provide a
-    simple and efficient library to scientists dealing with 3D computational
-    surface meshes.
-    """
-
-    homepage = "http://gts.sourceforge.net/index.html"
-    url = "http://gts.sourceforge.net/tarballs/gts-snapshot-121130.tar.gz"
-
-    version("121130", sha256="c23f72ab74bbf65599f8c0b599d6336fabe1ec2a09c19b70544eeefdc069b73b")
-
-    depends_on("glib")
-    depends_on("pkgconfig", type=("build"))
diff --git a/meshing_supersede/packages/qwt/no-designer.patch b/meshing_supersede/packages/qwt/no-designer.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 750d14d..0000000
--- a/meshing_supersede/packages/qwt/no-designer.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
---- qwt-6.1.3.orig/qwtconfig.pri	2016-06-13 03:14:23.000000000 -0400
-+++ qwt-6.1.3/qwtconfig.pri	2019-03-29 19:06:22.000000000 -0400
-@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
- # runtime environment of designer/creator.
- ######################################################################
- 
--QWT_INSTALL_PLUGINS   = $${QWT_INSTALL_PREFIX}/plugins/designer
-+#QWT_INSTALL_PLUGINS   = $${QWT_INSTALL_PREFIX}/plugins/designer
- 
- # linux distributors often organize the Qt installation
- # their way and QT_INSTALL_PREFIX doesn't offer a good
-@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
- # Otherwise you have to build it from the designer directory.
- ######################################################################
- 
--QWT_CONFIG     += QwtDesigner
-+#QWT_CONFIG     += QwtDesigner
- 
- ######################################################################
- # Compile all Qwt classes into the designer plugin instead
-@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@
- # environment of the designer/creator.
- ######################################################################
- 
--win32 {
--    QWT_CONFIG     += QwtDesignerSelfContained
--}
-+#win32 {
-+#    QWT_CONFIG     += QwtDesignerSelfContained
-+#}
- 
- ######################################################################
- # If you want to auto build the examples, enable the line below
diff --git a/meshing_supersede/packages/qwt/no-opengl_6_1.patch b/meshing_supersede/packages/qwt/no-opengl_6_1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c84e22..0000000
--- a/meshing_supersede/packages/qwt/no-opengl_6_1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur qwt-6.1.4_orig/qwtconfig.pri qwt-6.1.4_dest/qwtconfig.pri
---- qwt-6.1.4_orig/qwtconfig.pri	2019-01-02 17:21:31.556467499 +0100
-+++ qwt-6.1.4_dest/qwtconfig.pri	2023-02-24 12:21:06.730207447 +0100
-@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
- # If you want to use a OpenGL plot canvas
- ######################################################################
- 
--QWT_CONFIG     += QwtOpenGL
-+#QWT_CONFIG     += QwtOpenGL
- 
- ######################################################################
- # You can use the MathML renderer of the Qt solutions package to
diff --git a/meshing_supersede/packages/qwt/package.py b/meshing_supersede/packages/qwt/package.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e2d7a8e..0000000
--- a/meshing_supersede/packages/qwt/package.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013-2023 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.package import *
-
-
-class Qwt(QMakePackage):
-    """The Qwt library contains GUI Components and utility classes which are
-    primarily useful for programs with a technical background. Beside a
-    framework for 2D plots it provides scales, sliders, dials, compasses,
-    thermometers, wheels and knobs to control or display values, arrays, or
-    ranges of type double.
-    """
-
-    homepage = "http://qwt.sourceforge.net/"
-    url = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/qwt/files/qwt/6.1.3/qwt-6.1.3.tar.bz2"
-
-    version("6.1.6", sha256="99460d31c115ee4117b0175d885f47c2c590d784206f09815dc058fbe5ede1f6")
-    version("6.1.4", sha256="1529215329e51fc562e0009505a838f427919a18b362afff441f035b2d9b5bd9")
-    version("6.1.3", sha256="f3ecd34e72a9a2b08422fb6c8e909ca76f4ce5fa77acad7a2883b701f4309733")
-    version("5.2.2", sha256="36bf2ee51ca9c74fde1322510ffd39baac0db60d5d410bb157968a78d9c1464b")
-
-    variant("designer", default=False, description="Build extensions to QT designer")
-    variant("opengl", default=False, description="Build OpenGL plot canvas")
-
-    patch("no-designer.patch", when="~designer")
-    patch("no-opengl_6_1.patch", when="@6.1 ~opengl")
-
-    depends_on("qt+tools", when="+designer")
-    depends_on("qt+opengl", when="+opengl")
-
-    depends_on("qt")
-    # the qt@5.14.2 limitation was lifted in qwt@6.1.5
-    # https://sourceforge.net/p/qwt/code/HEAD/tree/tags/qwt-6.1.6/CHANGES-6.1
-    depends_on("qt@:5.14.2", when="@:6.1.4")
-    # Qwt 6.1.1 and older use a constant that was removed in Qt 5.4
-    # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qwt-qt5/+bug/1485213
-    depends_on("qt@:5.3", when="@:6.1.1")
-
-    def patch(self):
-        # Subvert hardcoded prefix
-        filter_file(r"/usr/local/qwt-\$\$(QWT_)?VERSION.*", self.prefix, "qwtconfig.pri")