[petsc-users] How to use latest Metis5.0 in PETSc

[Satish Balay]

On Wed, 4 Jan 2012, Wen Jiang wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I do not know how to install PETSc with the latest version of Metis 5.0. I
> need to call some routines from Metis 5.0 in my PETSc codes. I tried to
> configure it with the command --with-metis-dir=METIS_5.0_DIR, but it does
> not work.

1. use petsc-dev
2. install latest cmake 2.8.5 or higher [if not already on your machine]
and have it at the begining of your PATH
3. Now install petsc-dev with '--download-metis' configure options

If you encounter problmes - send relavent logs to petsc-maint.

Satish