How To Install libmetis5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetis5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmetis5
libmetis5 is:
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.
There are three methods to install libmetis5 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmetis5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetis5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmetis5
Install libmetis5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetis5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmetis5
Install libmetis5 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetis5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmetis5
How To Uninstall libmetis5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmetis5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmetis5
Uninstall libmetis5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmetis5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmetis5
Remove libmetis5 Configurations and Data
To remove libmetis5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmetis5
Remove libmetis5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmetis5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmetis5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetis5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
