Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/MeshPartitionx/MeshPartitionx.h
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/MeshPartitionx/MeshPartitionx.h	(revision 13315)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/modules/MeshPartitionx/MeshPartitionx.h	(revision 13316)
@@ -47,4 +47,6 @@
 			#ifdef _HAVE_METIS_
 			METIS_PartMeshNodalPatch(&numberofelements,&numberofnodes, index, &etype, &numflag, &num_procs, &edgecut, epart, npart);
+			#else
+			_error_("metis has not beed installed. Cannot run with more than 1 cpu");
 			#endif
 		}