[petsc-dev] Parallel LU solvers without ParMETIS

[Satish Balay]

On Tue, 1 Nov 2016, Garth N. Wells wrote:

> It would be helpful if solvers for which ParMETIS is an optional
> dependency, e.g. MUMPS, could optionally be built with/without
> ParMETIS. The problem is that ParMETIS screws up the licensing and
> precludes commercial use.

Yes - metis/parmetis/ptscotch are optional dependencies for mumps - so you
can build mumps without any of them.. [in petsc-3.7]

./configure --download-scalapack --download-mumps PETSC_ARCH=arch-mumps

[with mpicc etc in PATH, and system blas/lapack etc..]

Satish