For OpenFOAM-v2112 installed using apt, here I share a quick guide to install metis.
First, obtain the metis-5.1 source code and compile it.
$ make config
$ make
$ sudo make install
The last commad creates libmetis.a
in /usr/local/lib
.
Secondly, compile the metis interface in OpenFOAM
$ cd $FOAM_SRC/parallel/decompose
$ sudo chmod -R 777 .
$ ./Allwmake
Done!