How To Install metis on Fedora 34

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install metis on Fedora 34.

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 29.fc34 x86_64 574 k metis-5.1.0-29.fc34.src.rpm fedora 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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install metis.

Install metis on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove metis

metis Package Contents on Fedora 34

/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/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/ae4fc1ac6648947facd17e7e133d7b84287da9
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/204b70fa20d39e7d15f7005781afd4be605fb3
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/21540566c8ed2863b3df3182788cd33e10ae9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/1bb91951efcb3b042edbede369b42c7a796dd8
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/2c1dfc536e69dc0bf2a00cdb0175c2c56d3994
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/feb17213317e73b6fd2189f040cce5ef130a7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/f25ff843ba62b573e1e29e9696125784121a7f
/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/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/7e3ec4d4e2a0f0b5ee3c2b75bc936aab38e422
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/3a49d8cc89b03e0979540efd5663b51a18134f
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/0ff6d890c565af896e6fd89c867fbc11443fdd
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/3bd9fb93d5b7e1a444453d7e9a9c65b1a2ff78
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/b89247ea8f560ba3a78a094ec061f788c23c47
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/4352763d2741c065dd867597b3bcbb658a045b
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/a550fd0728db383c6419b29cc734698f70a1c3
/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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install metis on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.