diff --git a/projects/github.com/KarypisLab/GKlib/package.yml b/projects/github.com/KarypisLab/GKlib/package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2b45fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/github.com/KarypisLab/GKlib/package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+distributable:
+  url: https://github.com/KarypisLab/GKlib/archive/refs/tags/METIS-v{{version}}-DistDGL-0.5.tar.gz
+  strip-components: 1
+
+versions:
+  github: KarypisLab/GKlib/tags
+  strip:
+    - /^METIS-/
+    - /-DistDGL-0\.5$/
+
+build:
+  dependencies:
+    gnu.org/make: '*'
+    cmake.org: '*'
+  script:
+    - make config $ARGS
+    - make -j {{hw.concurrency}}
+    - make install
+  env:
+    ARGS:
+      - prefix="{{prefix}}"
+
+provides:
+  - bin/cmpnbrs
+  - bin/csrcnv
+  - bin/fis
+  - bin/gkgraph
+  - bin/gkrw
+  - bin/m2mnbrs
+
+# help? i have no idea what to do with these.
+test: cmpnbrs -help
diff --git a/projects/glaros.dtc.umn.edu/metis/package.yml b/projects/glaros.dtc.umn.edu/metis/package.yml
index 5d311f04..b1b3ebcc 100644
--- a/projects/glaros.dtc.umn.edu/metis/package.yml
+++ b/projects/glaros.dtc.umn.edu/metis/package.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ build:
   dependencies:
     gnu.org/make: '*'
     cmake.org: '*'
+    git-scm.org: '*'
   script:
     - cmake -B build $ARGS
     - cmake --build build --parallel
     - cmake --install build
-    - mkdir -p {{prefix}}/pkgshare/graphs
-    - mv ./src/graphs/* {{prefix}}/pkgshare/graphs/
+    # removed in 5.2
+    - run: |
+        mkdir -p {{prefix}}/pkgshare/graphs
+        mv ./src/graphs/* {{prefix}}/pkgshare/graphs/
+      if: <5.2
   env:
     ARGS:
       - -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={{prefix}}
@@ -32,8 +36,10 @@ provides:
   - bin/mpmetis
   - bin/ndmetis
 test:
+  dependencies:
+    curl.se: '*'
   script:
-    - cp {{prefix}}/pkgshare/graphs/4elt.graph ./
+    - curl -LO 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KarypisLab/METIS/v5.1.1-DistDGL-v0.5/graphs/4elt.graph'
     - graphchk 4elt.graph
     - gpmetis 4elt.graph 2
     - ndmetis 4elt.graph