OpenMPI - Cannot find -lmpich file or directory

[marco atzeri]

On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 8:29 PM Karel Ziminsky via Cygwin  wrote:
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> Hi,
>
>
> I am trying to install a software package that requires MPI support. I
> installed OpenMPI and the C and C++ libraries for Cygwin, but my software
> package is looking for an -lmpich extension that it cannot find.
>
> Could someone provide me more information on what this extension is for? Is
> there a different package I need to install for Cygwin that has it?
>
>
> V/r,
> --
> *Karel Ziminsky*

MPICH is not OpenMPI.

So or your software is looking for the wrong library , or it is not
correctly detecting OpenMPI