Added this to LD_CONFIG. /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi4/lib64/libmpi.so.40 To compile/link/run /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi4/bin/mpicc -h /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi4/bin/mpicc --showme:compile /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi4/bin/mpicc -g -c --showme:compile /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi4/bin/mpicc -g -c hellompi.c /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi4/bin/mpirun --hostfile hosts -np 4 hellompi /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi4/bin/mpirun --hostfile hosts -np 4 seer -s hellompi