Install#

Note

PETSc is available from multiple package managers. Depending on your exact needs (for example limited use of external packages) they are possibly the easiest way for you to install PETSc. Always verify that the package manager is providing a recent enough release of PETSc with support for the external packages you need. Some package managers provide separate packages for the complex number installation of PETSc.

Archlinux https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/petsc
Conda: https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/petsc
conda install -c conda-forge petsc
Debian: https://packages.debian.org/petsc-dev
sudo apt install petsc-dev
Fedora: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/petsc/petsc
sudo yum install petsc-mpich-devel
Homebrew: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/petsc
brew install petsc
MacPorts: https://ports.macports.org/port/petsc
sudo port install petsc
MSYS2 (Windows) https://packages.msys2.org/package/mingw-w64-x86_64-petsc
openSUSE https://software.opensuse.org/package/petsc
Python: https://pypi.org/project/petsc
python -m pip install mpi4py petsc petsc4py
Slackware: https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/academic/petsc/?search=petsc
Spack: https://spack.io
- debug install - spack install petsc +debug
- optimized install -spack install petsc cflags='-g -O3 -march=native -mtune=native' fflags='-g -O3 -march=native -mtune=native' cxxflags='-g -O3 -march=native -mtune=native'
- install with some external packages - spack install petsc +superlu-dist +metis +hypre +hdf5
- list available variants (configurations) - spack info petsc
Ubuntu: https://packages.ubuntu.com/petsc-dev
sudo apt install petsc-dev

Information and tutorials on setting up a PETSc installation.