1 | Installation of the METIS graph partitioning software within COIN. |
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3 | METIS is software for Serial Graph Partitioning and Fill-reducing |
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4 | Matrix Ordering |
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6 | Please visit the home page: |
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8 | http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/metis/metis/overview |
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10 | Information about conditions w.r.t. distribution can be found at |
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12 | http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/metis/metis/faq?q=metis/metis/faq#distribute |
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14 | (I sent an email to the Metis developer, asking for clarification of |
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15 | the Metis license. You find the reply at the end of this file.) |
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17 | ********************************************************************** |
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18 | Note: It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to ensure that you are entitled to |
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19 | download and use this third party package. |
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20 | ********************************************************************** |
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22 | If you are working under Unix/Linux-like system and you have `wget' |
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23 | installed, you can downloaded the required source code for METIS |
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24 | by executing the included script `get.METIS' in this directory. |
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25 | |
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26 | If you don't have wget available, follow those instructions: |
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28 | Go to the METIS Download website |
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30 | http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/fsroot/sw/metis/OLD |
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31 | |
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32 | and download the metis-4.0.3.tar.gz file. |
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33 | |
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34 | Unpack it in this directory: |
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35 | |
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36 | gunzip metis-4.0.3.tar.gz |
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37 | tar xf metis-4.0.3.tar |
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38 | |
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39 | Rename the extracted directory: |
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40 | |
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41 | mv metis-4.0.3 metis-4.0 |
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42 | |
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43 | Delete the tarball unless you want to keep it: |
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44 | |
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45 | rm metis-4.0.3.tar |
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46 | |
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47 | ========================================================================== |
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48 | |
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49 | Email exchange regarding Metis license: |
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51 | ------------- 8< (begin) ------------------------------------------------ |
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53 | Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:52:10 -0500 |
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54 | From: George Karypis <karypis@cs.umn.edu> |
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55 | To: 'Andreas Waechter' <andreasw@watson.ibm.com> |
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56 | Subject: RE: Metis license conditions |
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57 | |
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58 | Andreas, |
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59 | |
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60 | Metis can be used for non-commercial projects without any restrictions. |
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61 | For commercial-use, the essential restriction is for the vendors not to |
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62 | be reselling Metis. |
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63 | |
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64 | regards, |
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65 | |
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66 | george |
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67 | |
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68 | -----Original Message----- |
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69 | From: Andreas Waechter [mailto:andreasw@watson.ibm.com] |
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70 | Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 9:53 AM |
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71 | To: metis@cs.umn.edu |
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72 | Subject: Metis license conditions |
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73 | |
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74 | Hello, |
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75 | |
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76 | I'm maintaining an open-source project for nonlinear optimization (Ipopt |
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77 | at COIN-OR, see http://www.coin-or.org/Ipopt). This project requires a |
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78 | linear solver, and I set up Makefiles for users who only have to download |
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79 | the sources (such as for MUMPS and MA57). I recently added such a |
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80 | Makefile for Metis, since it improves the performance of the linear |
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81 | solvers (and therefore of Ipopt). |
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82 | |
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83 | Of course, I do not distribute the sources for any third-party code, but I |
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84 | tell users how they can download the code and where they can learn more |
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85 | about the license conditions. For Metis, I only found the last answer in |
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86 | the FAQs. |
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87 | |
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88 | My colleague Anshul Gupta tells me that the license conditions for Metis |
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89 | are somewhat in flux. However, could you please let me know what I can |
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90 | tell users regarding the Metis license? I would add your answer (possibly |
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91 | verbatim) to the INSTALL.Metis file in |
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92 | |
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93 | https://projects.coin-or.org/BuildTools/browser/ThirdParty/Metis/trunk/INSTALL.Metis |
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94 | |
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95 | Thank you very much in advance! |
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96 | |
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97 | Best regards, |
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98 | |
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99 | Andreas |
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101 | Andreas Waechter |
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102 | Department of Mathematical Sciences |
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103 | IBM T.J. Watson Research Center |
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104 | P.O. Box 218 (Rt. 134) |
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105 | Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 |
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106 | USA |
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108 | ------------- 8< ( end ) ------------------------------------------------ |
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