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+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, cmake
+, mpi
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "parmetis";
+  version = "4.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/fetch/sw/parmetis/parmetis-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0pvfpvb36djvqlcc3lq7si0c5xpb2cqndjg8wvzg35ygnwqs5ngj";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake mpi ];
+
+  # metis and GKlib are packaged with distribution
+  # AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/parmetis/ has reported that
+  # it easier to build with the included packages as opposed to using the metis
+  # package. Compilation time is short.
+  configurePhase = ''
+    make config metis_path=$PWD/metis gklib_path=$PWD/metis/GKlib prefix=$out
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "ParMETIS is an MPI-based parallel library that implements a variety of algorithms for partitioning unstructured graphs, meshes, and for computing fill-reducing orderings of sparse matrices";
+    homepage = "http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/metis/parmetis/overview";
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.unfree;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+}