Information about the package, metis, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The metis package is designed for, Serial Graph Partitioning and Fill-reducing Matrix Ordering.
Package Name:
metis
Summary:
Serial Graph Partitioning and Fill-reducing Matrix Ordering
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.1.0
Release:
12.el6
Size:
549 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0 and BSD and LGPLv2+
Control the metis package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install metis
This command will install metis on the server.
yum remove metis
This command will un-install metis on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove metis, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove metis
This command will un-install metis on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove metis when using the -y flag.
yum update metis
This command will update metis to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove metis, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update metis
This command will update metis to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove metis when using the -y flag.
yum info metis
This command will show you core information about the metis package.
yum deplist metis
This command will show you the dependencies for metis. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update metis
This command will check if there is an update waiting on metis. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.