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scotch: Package for graph and mesh partitioning, graph clustering, and sparse matrix ordering

Overview of package

Package: scotch
Description: Package for graph and mesh partitioning, graph clustering, and sparse matrix ordering
For more information: https://gforge.inria.fr/projects/scotch/
Categories: SoftwareDevelopment
NumericalMethods
License: OpenSource (CeCILL-C)

General Usage

Scotch is a package for graph and mesh partitioning, graph clustering, and sparse matrix ordering.

The following environmental variables have been defined:

  • $SCOTCH_ROOT has been set to the root of the scotch installation
  • $SCOTCH_LIBDIR points to the directory containing the libraries
  • $SCOTCH_INCDIR points to the directory containing the header files

You will probably wish to use these by adding the following flags to your compilation command (e.g. to CFLAGS in your Makefile):

  • -I$SCOTCH_INCDIR

and the following flags to your link command (e.g. LDFLAGS in your Makefile):

  • -L$SCOTCH_LIBDIR -Wl,-rpath,$SCOTCH_LIBDIR

Available versions by cluster

This section lists the available versions of the package scotchon the UMD HPC clusters.

Versions available on the Zaratan cluster

Version Module tags CPU(s) optimized for GPU ready?
7.0.3 7.0.3 icelake, x86_64, zen2 Yes
6.0.8 6.0.8 zen Yes
6.1.1 6.1.1 zen2 Yes