[petsc-users] Issue about using MUMPS with PETSc

[Jed Brown]

Gavin Ge <jianchaoge at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Satish:
>
> Yes I used to use metis. But this update require a cmake 2.5 or
> higher, which I don't have a privilege to install on the cluster.. 

Common misconception, but you can install that stuff just fine.
Configure PETSc with --download-cmake, for example.

I recommend using --download-metis because we have patched several
upstream bugs.  (Upstream has pretty much stopped maintaining the
package.)