How To Install metis on CentOS 8

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install metis on CentOS 8.

What is metis

METIS is a set of serial programs for partitioning graphs, partitioning finite element meshes, and producing fill reducing orderings for sparse matrices. The algorithms implemented in METIS are based on the multilevel recursive-bisection, multilevel k-way, and multi-constraint partitioning schemes developed in our lab. METIS is distributed with OpenMP support. metis 5.1.0 17.el8 x86_64 576 k metis-5.1.0-17.el8.src.rpm powertools Serial Graph Partitioning and Fill-reducing Matrix Ordering http ASL 2.0 and BSD and LGPLv2+ METIS is a set of serial programs for partitioning graphs, partitioning finite element meshes, and producing fill reducing orderings for sparse matrices. The algorithms implemented in METIS are based on the multilevel recursive-bisection, multilevel k-way, and multi-constraint partitioning schemes developed in our lab. METIS is distributed with OpenMP support.

We can use yum or dnf to install metis on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install metis.

Install metis on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install metis using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install metis

Install metis on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install metis using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install metis

How To Uninstall metis on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the metis package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove metis

metis Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/cmpfillin
/usr/bin/gpmetis
/usr/bin/graphchk
/usr/bin/m2gmetis
/usr/bin/mpmetis
/usr/bin/ndmetis
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/a17a849ff025405b8b3d965d72c6a719db8ca1
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9a/b66f8507a73f9038dc480d385c2de2dfd5ff81
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/fbf7d380cfd3862cd34d7e6c8cb7cae368b412
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/2fbd4af23cf61fa00dc3346f744e485607f7a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/80933f4f8f64ac0f981ed39ab1a83f534ed19c
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/19cd79c5b372e9df24f44916aa5037bff5f67c
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/4bfb3a6ed95111d19c9d41dc212679cf1f0699
/usr/lib64/libmetis.so.0
/usr/share/doc/metis
/usr/share/doc/metis/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/metis/manual.pdf
/usr/share/licenses/metis
/usr/share/licenses/metis/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/gpmetis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/m2gmetis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mpmetis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndmetis.1.gz
/usr/bin/cmpfillin
/usr/bin/gpmetis
/usr/bin/graphchk
/usr/bin/m2gmetis
/usr/bin/mpmetis
/usr/bin/ndmetis
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/d9b952eebc6ba30d71ecd747315c5fc8109169
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/a540e1762f07dc6ff20dd01fe10a811a8aff3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/35ba35a509e7ff16c8ae2543d5905df878b241
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/722435fe28c1607159d9f928784f0a3e4d00bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/db8d03746705de934d8dfe84d57891058c3c90
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/b3fcaf9dea6b27dc2af4d65dbfb55d02a1740d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/0777d8dcb98f21b8413bf58391653d6a9a1dda
/usr/lib/libmetis.so.0
/usr/share/doc/metis
/usr/share/doc/metis/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/metis/manual.pdf
/usr/share/licenses/metis
/usr/share/licenses/metis/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/gpmetis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/m2gmetis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mpmetis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ndmetis.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install metis on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.