How To Install metis64 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install metis64 on CentOS 7. metis64 is Serial Graph Partitioning and Fill-reducing Matrix Ordering (64bit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install metis64 on CentOS 7.

What is metis64

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. This build has 64bit INTEGER support.

We can use yum or dnf to install metis64 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install metis64.

Install metis64 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install metis64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install metis64

Install metis64 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 metis64 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install metis64

How To Uninstall metis64 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the metis64 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove metis64

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install metis64 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.