Just like libevent, OpenPMIx is also in that one tarball.  Most people can do 
the “quick start” in our docs: 
https://docs.open-mpi.org/en/v5.0.x/installing-open-mpi/quickstart.html#building-from-source

I.e., download, untar, run ./configure, run make, run make install.

If you’re doing something else, the instructions may be a bit different.  If 
you’re building from a git clone, for example, you’ll want to see the 
Developer’s guide: https://docs.open-mpi.org/en/v5.0.x/developers/index.html



> On Apr 29, 2026, at 1:42 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> Dear Jeff Squyres,
> 
> Thank you so much for your suggestions. They helped me make some progress,
> but I've gotten stuck again, this time with:
> 
> *** Configuring PMIx
> configure: ===== configuring 3rd-party/openpmix =====
> configure: WARNING: no configuration information is in 3rd-party/openpmix
> configure: ===== done with 3rd-party/openpmix configure =====
> configure: error: Could not find viable pmix build.
> 
> Please, where can I find a reliable PMIX source? Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards.
> Jorge D'Elia.
> 
> --
> 
> Jeff Squyres <[email protected]> escribió:
> 
>> The libevent file is there in the 5.0.10 tarball:
>> 
>> $ wget 
>> https://download.open-mpi.org/release/open-mpi/v5.0/openmpi-5.0.10.tar.gz
>> …snipped…
>> $ tar tf openmpi-5.0.10.tar.gz| grep libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz
>> openmpi-5.0.10/3rd-party/libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz
>> $
>> 
>> I think you might want to check how the original tarball was unzipped, 
>> and/or make sure that the backing store didn’t somehow exclude saving that 
>> file.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 28, 2026, at 7:09 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Howard,
>>> 
>>> Thank you so much for your time and help!
>>> 
>>> "'Pritchard Jr., Howard' via Open MPI users" <[email protected]> 
>>> escribió:
>>> 
>>>> Hello Jorge,
>>>> 
>>>> Could you check if /home/bigpack/openmpi-paq/openmpi-5.0.10/3rd-party
>>> 
>>> I followed the usual procedure, i.e. I downloaded the file
>>> https://download.open-mpi.org/release/open-mpi/v5.0/openmpi-5.0.10.tar.gz
>>> and configure it.
>>> 
>>>> has libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz present?
>>> 
>>> However, there is no such file, i.e.
>>> 
>>> configure: Expanding ./3rd-party/libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz in 
>>> 3rd-party
>>> ./configure: line 60632: 
>>> /home/bigpack/openmpi-paq/openmpi-5.0.10/3rd-party/libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz:
>>>  No such file or directory
>>> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
>>> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
>>> configure: error: failed to extract 
>>> 3rd-party/libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz
>>> configure: ===== configuring 3rd-party/libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi =====
>>> configure: WARNING: no configuration information is in 
>>> 3rd-party/libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi
>>> configure: ===== done with 3rd-party/libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi configure 
>>> =====
>>> ./configure: line 60909: test: -eq: unary operator expected
>>> configure: error: Could not find viable libevent build.
>>> 
>>>> It should be there.  It may be possible something is wrong with the 
>>>> g(un)zip utilities on your system?
>>> 
>>> Ok, I'll check it just in case.
>>> 
>>>> If the tarball is present in 3rd-party why don’t you try running the 
>>>> following in the following in the 3rd-party directory:
>>>> 
>>>> gunzip libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz | tar xf –
>>> 
>>> Ok but, again, there is not any file.
>>> 
>>>> and see what’s happens.
>>>> 
>>>> You may also want to check in the config.log in the top level directory of 
>>>> your unpacked Open MPI for “gzip” and see where the configury thinks your 
>>>> gzip command is located.
>>> 
>>> Ok.
>>> 
>>> Thanks again!
>>> 
>>> Regards.
>>> Jorge.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Howard
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: <[email protected]> on behalf of "[email protected]" 
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>>> Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 1:23 PM
>>>> To: Open MPI Users <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [OMPI users] Where is the 
>>>> libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz file ?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I downloaded the 
>>>> openmpi-5.0.10.tar.gz<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/download.open-mpi.org/release/open-mpi/v5.0/openmpi-5.0.10.tar.gz__;!!Bt8fGhp8LhKGRg!AYxajar_k4gcP69SeOSe8tLYLNhyv3fxY4cqZldI_S9QOUvlEbVTQz9foo2jgbv5QqJH4opKZaTfoDJ7jggZd44$>
>>>>  package and I'm trying to build it using the
>>>> script given given in "Sec. 2.2. For problems building or installing Open 
>>>> MPI" of
>>>> https://docs.open-mpi.org/en/main/getting-help.html<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.open-mpi.org/en/main/getting-help.html__;!!Bt8fGhp8LhKGRg!AYxajar_k4gcP69SeOSe8tLYLNhyv3fxY4cqZldI_S9QOUvlEbVTQz9foo2jgbv5QqJH4opKZaTfoDJ7_MkDPGU$>.
>>>> 
>>>> But it's failing me with the missing file 
>>>> /3rd-party/libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz,
>>>> as follows:
>>>> 
>>>> *** Configuring Libevent
>>>> checking for libevent pkg-config name... libevent_core
>>>> checking if libevent pkg-config module exists... no
>>>> configure: Searching for libevent in default search paths
>>>> checking for libevent cppflags...
>>>> checking for libevent ldflags...
>>>> checking for libevent libs... -levent_core
>>>> checking for libevent static libs... -levent_core
>>>> checking for event2/event.h... no
>>>> configure: Expanding ./3rd-party/libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz in 
>>>> 3rd-party
>>>> ./configure: line 60632: 
>>>> /home/bigpack/openmpi-paq/openmpi-5.0.10/3rd-party/libevent-2.1.12-stable-ompi.tar.gz:
>>>>  No such file or directory
>>>> 
>>>> Then, please, where can I download it?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards.
>>>> Jorge D'Elia.
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