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0004253OpenFOAMBugpublic2025-07-08 18:012025-07-09 11:53
Reportermuez Assigned Towill  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
PlatformGNU/LinuxOSOtherOS Version(please specify)
Product Version13 
Summary0004253: the openmpi library is not included in the ThirdParty-13 folder
Descriptionwhen trying to compile it gives this error:
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Start ThirdParty Allwmake
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Build MPI libraries if required
+ cd openmpi-
./Allwmake: 76: cd: can't cd to openmpi-
+ exit 1

which probably means the version is also not set
Steps To Reproducetry to compile from the tar balls in the website without any changes
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will

2025-07-09 11:53

manager   ~0013590

OpenFOAM is configured to use your system installation of MPI by default (i.e., WM_MPLIB=SYSTEMOPENMPI). If you configure OpenFOAM to use MPI from ThirdParty (i.e., set WM_MPLIB=OPENMPI) then you need to unpack an OpenMPI source pack into ThirdParty yourself.

See the last section of https://openfoam.org/download/source/third-party-software/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-07-08 18:01 muez New Issue
2025-07-09 11:53 will Note Added: 0013590
2025-07-09 11:53 will Assigned To => will
2025-07-09 11:53 will Status new => closed
2025-07-09 11:53 will Resolution open => no change required