How to Install and Uninstall libmetis-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 23,2024

1. Install "libmetis-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libmetis-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libmetis-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libmetis-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libmetis-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libmetis-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libmetis-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libmetis-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: metis
Version: 5.1.0.dfsg-4
Depends: libmetis5 (= 5.1.0.dfsg-4)
Conflicts: libscotchmetis-dev
Filename: pool/universe/m/metis/libmetis-dev_5.1.0.dfsg-4_amd64.deb
Size: 5870
MD5sum: 9cb15b9888756f33869aaa7c10c4d009
SHA1: bb517b76a4b96cbec688ef4ff5be870c68f467d8
SHA256: 208bfc64ce1ba5f839a8edd211737d53a0ad2c69bd383d3de9926ebc76f06b0e
Description-en: Serial Graph Partitioning and Fill-reducing Matrix Ordering. Header
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. The package contains a header-file.
Description-md5: a58d4dd979258f5f559727b1e2cc4055
Homepage: http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/metis/metis/overview
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu