diff --git a/mpi/openmpi/build.sh b/mpi/openmpi/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+libVer=4.0.1
+
+echo libVer=$libVer
+
+scriptDir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+originalPath=$scriptDir/original
+buildPath=$scriptDir/build
+installPath=$scriptDir/install
+
+libFilePath=$originalPath/openmpi-$libVer.tar.gz
+libBuildPath=$buildPath/$libVer
+libInstallPath=$installPath/$libVer
+libSrcPath=$buildPath/openmpi-$libVer
+
+echo
+echo libFilePath=$libFilePath
+echo libBuildPath=$libBuildPath
+echo libInstallPath=$libInstallPath
+echo libSrcPath=$libSrcPath
+echo
+
+rm -rf $buildPath $installPath
+
+mkdir -p $libBuildPath
+mkdir -p $libInstallPath
+mkdir -p $libSrcPath
+
+tar zxvpf $libFilePath -C $buildPath
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  BuildType="release"
+else
+  BuildType="$1"
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "BuildType      = $BuildType"
+echo
+
+# check on 1st argument: build type
+if [ "$BuildType" = "debug" ]; then
+  echo "debug build selected ..."
+  BCFLAGS=-g
+  BCXXFLAGS=-g
+  BFFLAGS=-g
+elif [ "$BuildType" = "release" ]; then
+  echo "release build selected ..."
+  BCFLAGS=-O3
+  BCXXFLAGS=-O3
+  BFFLAGS=-O3
+else
+  echo "Error: unrecognized build type. Check 1st input argument!"
+  exit
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "BCFLAGS         = $BCFLAGS"
+echo "BCXXFLAGS       = $BCXXFLAGS"
+echo "BFFLAGS         = $BFFLAGS"
+echo
+
+# print current LD_LIBRARY_PATH for reference
+echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH = $LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+
+# deselected options
+#--with-fca \
+#--with-verbs=yes \
+#--with-udapl \
+#--enable-sparse-groups \
+#--enable-ipv6 \
+#--with-threads=posix \
+#--enable-mpi-thread-multiple \
+#--enable-mca-static=allocator,bml,btl-sm,btl-self,coll,common-sm,errmgr,gpr,io,iof,maffinity-first_use,mpool-sm,ns,odls,oob,osc,pls,pml,ras,rcache,rds,rmaps,rmgr,rml,sds,topo \
+#--enable-vt \
+#CXXFLAGS=$BCXXFLAGS \
+#FCFLAGS=$BFFLAGS
+
+# run the configure command with all build options
+( cd $libBuildPath && \
+$libSrcPath/configure \
+--prefix=$libInstallPath \
+--disable-vt \
+--disable-mpi-fortran \
+--disable-mpi-cxx \
+--disable-static \
+--disable-wrapper-rpath \
+--disable-wrapper-runpath \
+--disable-dlopen \
+--enable-mca-static=allocator,bml,btl-sm,btl-self,coll,common-sm,errmgr,gpr,io,iof,maffinity-first_use,mpool-sm,ns,odls,oob,osc,pls,pml,ras,rcache,rds,rmaps,rmgr,rml,sds,topo \
+CFLAGS=$BCFLAGS \
+2>&1 | tee config.out.txt)
+
+# clean, build, and install
+( cd $libBuildPath && \
+make clean)
+
+( cd $libBuildPath && \
+make install -j 2>&1 | tee build.out.txt)
+
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