diff --git a/modulefiles/compiler/compilerName/compilerVersion/scotch/scotch.lua b/modulefiles/compiler/compilerName/compilerVersion/scotch/scotch.lua
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+help([[Scotch is a software package for graph and mesh/hypergraph partitioning,
+graph clustering, and sparse matrix ordering.]])
+
+local pkgName = myModuleName()
+local pkgVersion = myModuleVersion()
+local pkgNameVer = myModuleFullName()
+
+local hierA = hierarchyA(pkgNameVer,1)
+local compNameVer = hierA[1]
+local compNameVerD = compNameVer:gsub("/","-")
+
+conflict(pkgName)
+
+depends_on("zlib")
+
+local opt = os.getenv("HPC_OPT") or os.getenv("OPT") or "/opt/modules"
+
+local base = pathJoin(opt,compNameVerD,pkgName,pkgVersion)
+
+prepend_path("PATH", pathJoin(base,"bin"))
+prepend_path("MANPATH", pathJoin(base,"man"))
+prepend_path("LIBRARY_PATH", pathJoin(base,"lib"))
+prepend_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", pathJoin(base,"lib"))
+prepend_path("DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH", pathJoin(base,"lib"))
+prepend_path("CPATH", pathJoin(base,"include"))
+prepend_path("CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH", base)
+
+setenv("scotch_ROOT", base)
+setenv("scotch_VERSION", pkgVersion)
+
+whatis("Name: ".. pkgName)
+whatis("Version: " .. pkgVersion)
+whatis("Category: library")
+whatis("Description: " .. pkgName .. " library")