Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/externalpackages/mpich/install-3.0-linux64-static.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/externalpackages/mpich/install-3.0-linux64-static.sh	(revision 18438)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/externalpackages/mpich/install-3.0-linux64-static.sh	(revision 18438)
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+#Some cleanup
+rm -rf src install mpich-3.0.4
+mkdir src install
+
+#Download from ISSM server
+$ISSM_DIR/scripts/DownloadExternalPackage.py 'http://issm.jpl.nasa.gov/files/externalpackages/mpich-3.0.4.tar.gz' 'mpich-3.0.4.tar.gz'
+
+#Untar 
+tar -zxvf  mpich-3.0.4.tar.gz
+
+#Move mpich into src directory
+mv mpich-3.0.4/* src
+rm -rf mpich-3.0.4
+
+#Configure mpich
+cd src
+./configure \
+	--prefix="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/mpich/install" 
+
+#Compile mpich (this new version supports parallel make)
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+	make
+else
+	make -j $1
+fi
+make install 
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/externalpackages/petsc/install-3.5-linux64-static.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/externalpackages/petsc/install-3.5-linux64-static.sh	(revision 18437)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/externalpackages/petsc/install-3.5-linux64-static.sh	(revision 18438)
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@
 	--prefix="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/petsc/install" \
 	--PETSC_DIR="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/petsc/src" \
+	--with-mpi-dir="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/mpich/install" \
 	--with-debugging=0 \
 	--with-valgrind=0 \
@@ -24,5 +25,4 @@
 	--with-ssl=0 \
 	--with-shared-libraries=0 \
-	--download-mpich=1 \
 	--download-metis=1 \
 	--download-parmetis=1 \
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/externalpackages/petsc/install-3.5-macosx64-static.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/externalpackages/petsc/install-3.5-macosx64-static.sh	(revision 18437)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/externalpackages/petsc/install-3.5-macosx64-static.sh	(revision 18438)
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 ./config/configure.py \
 	--prefix="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/petsc/install" \
+	--PETSC_DIR="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/petsc/src" \
 	--with-mpi-dir="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/mpich/install" \
-	--PETSC_DIR="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/petsc/src" \
 	--with-debugging=0 \
 	--with-valgrind=0 \
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/packagers/ubuntu/install.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/packagers/ubuntu/install.sh	(revision 18437)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/packagers/ubuntu/install.sh	(revision 18438)
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@
 #List of external pakages to be installed and their installation scripts
 EXTERNALPACKAGES="autotools install.sh                
+						mpich     install-3.0-linux64-static.sh
                   cmake     install.sh                
                   petsc     install-3.5-linux64-static.sh