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# MATSOLVERPASTIX

A solver package providing direct solvers (LU) for distributed and sequential matrices via the external package PaStiX. Use `./configure` `--download-pastix` `--download-ptscotch` to have PETSc installed with PasTiX

Use `-pc_type lu` `-pc_factor_mat_solver_type pastix` to use this direct solver

## Options Database Keys

- -mat_pastix_verbose <0,1,2> - print level of information messages from PaStiX

- -mat_pastix_threadnbr - Set the number of threads for each MPI process

## Notes

This only works for matrices with symmetric nonzero structure, if you pass it a matrix with nonsymmetric structure PasTiX, and hence, PETSc return with an error.

## See Also

Matrices, `Mat`, `PCFactorSetMatSolverType()`, `MatSolverType`, `MatGetFactor()`

## Level

beginner

## Location

src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/pastix/pastix.c

Index of all Mat routines
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Index of all manual pages