spinit is installed in $pkgdatadir, which is typically /usr/share/ngspice, which should not contain architecture dependent data.
Makefile.am:
initdatadir = $(pkgdatadir)/scripts
initdata_DATA = spinit setplot spectrum
But after fixing #113, spinit contains the absolute directories for the codemodels:
edit = sed \
-e 's|@XSPICEINIT[@]|$(XSPICEINIT)|g' \
-e 's|@pkglibdir[@]|$(spinitpath)|g'
I am testing a change that fixes this.