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\section{Introduction}

This document is a quick reference guide for people willing to use
\scotch\ in their projects. By ``\scotch'', we designate collectively
both the centralized-memory software \scotch and the
distributed-memory \ptscotch\ software, which are components of the
\scotch\ project.

This guide provides information about the proper way to install and
use \scotch, by providing snippets of code and simple examples. It is
therefore incomplete by nature. Users willing to obtain more
information may refer to the following documents:
\begin{itemize}
\item
  The
  \href{https://gitlab.inria.fr/scotch/scotch/-/blob/master/doc/scotch_user7.0.pdf}{\scotch\ User's Manual};
\item
  The
  \href{https://gitlab.inria.fr/scotch/scotch/-/blob/master/doc/ptscotch_user7.0.pdf}{\ptscotch\ User's Manual};
\item
  The source code of the various test programs in the
  \href{https://gitlab.inria.fr/scotch/scotch/-/tree/master/src/check}{\texttt{src/check} directory}.
\end{itemize}

Users willing to install their own local version of \scotch\ should also
refer to the following documents:
\begin{itemize}
\item
  The \href{https://gitlab.inria.fr/scotch/scotch/-/blob/master/INSTALL.txt}{\texttt{README.md}} file;
\item
  The \href{https://gitlab.inria.fr/scotch/scotch/-/blob/master/INSTALL.txt}{\texttt{INSTALL.txt}} file.
\end{itemize}

People willing to do research on graph partitioning with \scotch\ and
implement their own algorithms in \scotch\ may refer to the
\href{https://gitlab.inria.fr/scotch/scotch/-/blob/master/doc/scotch_maint7.0.pdf}{\scotch\ Maintenance Manual}.
