How To Install metis on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install metis on CentOS 7.
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install metis on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install metis.
Install metis on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install metis using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install metis
Install metis on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install metis using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install metis
How To Uninstall metis on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the metis package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove metis
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install metis on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
