mpich

MPICH is a high performance and widely portable implementation of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard.

Latest version: 3.4.2

Add to xmake.lua

add_requires("mpich 3.4.2")

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Information

Recipe updated
2026-09-07T02:05:59.000Z

Platforms

  • linux: i386, x86_64, armv7, armv7s, arm64, mips, mips64, mipsel, mips64el, loong64, riscv64, s390x, ppc, ppc64, ppc64el, sparc64
  • macosx: x86_64, arm64

Options

device
Specify the communication device for MPICH. · Type: string · Default: ofi · Values: ofi, ucx
x11
Use the X Window System. · Type: boolean · Default: false

Versions

  • 3.4.2

Dependencies

Install with xrepo

Install the package independently of a project and inspect its available configuration.

install

xrepo install "mpich 3.4.2"

show info

xrepo info "mpich"

Link a library to your target

Declare the requirement, then attach the library to the target that uses it.

xmake.lua

add_requires("mpich 3.4.2")

target("demo")
    set_kind("binary")
    add_files("src/*.cpp")
    add_packages("mpich")

Open a package environment

Open a shell with the environment exported by this package. Use the executable names documented by the package.

enter shell

xrepo env -b "mpich 3.4.2" shell