Index: /issm/trunk/externalpackages/mpich/install-3.2-linux64-static.sh
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/externalpackages/mpich/install-3.2-linux64-static.sh	(revision 22178)
+++ /issm/trunk/externalpackages/mpich/install-3.2-linux64-static.sh	(revision 22179)
@@ -16,15 +16,9 @@
 rm -rf mpich-3.2
 
-#compilation flags
-export CXXFLAGS='-fPIC'
-export CFLAGS='-fPIC'
-export FFLAGS='-fPIC'
-
 #Configure mpich
 cd src
 ./configure \
 	--prefix="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/mpich/install" \
-	--disable-shared \
-	--with-pic=yes
+	--with-cxxoptflags="-fPIC"
 
 #Compile mpich (this new version supports parallel make)
Index: /issm/trunk/externalpackages/petsc/install-3.7-linux64-static.sh
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/externalpackages/petsc/install-3.7-linux64-static.sh	(revision 22178)
+++ /issm/trunk/externalpackages/petsc/install-3.7-linux64-static.sh	(revision 22179)
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 	--with-mpi-dir="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/mpich/install" \
 	--PETSC_DIR="$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/petsc/src" \
-	--with-debugging=0 \
+	--with-debugging=1 \
 	--with-valgrind=0 \
 	--with-x=0 \
@@ -30,5 +30,7 @@
 	--download-fblaslapack=1 \
 	--download-scalapack=1 \
-	--with-pic=1
+	--COPTFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \
+	--CXXOPTFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC" \
+	--FOPTFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC"
 
 #Compile and intall
Index: /issm/trunk/jenkins/linux64_ross_static
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/jenkins/linux64_ross_static	(revision 22178)
+++ /issm/trunk/jenkins/linux64_ross_static	(revision 22179)
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 
 #MATLAB path
-MATLAB_PATH="/usr/local/MATLAB/R2015a"
+MATLAB_PATH="/usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b"
 
 #ISSM CONFIGURATION 
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
 	--enable-standalone-executables \
 	--enable-standalone-libraries \
-	--enable-standalone-modules \
 	--with-matlab-dir=$MATLAB_PATH \
 	--with-triangle-dir=$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/triangle/install \
 	--with-mpi-include=$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/mpich/install/include  \
-	--with-mpi-libflags="-L$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/mpich/install/lib -lmpich" \
+	--with-mpi-libflags="-L$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/mpich/install/lib -lmpi -lfmpich" \
 	--with-petsc-dir=$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/petsc/install  \
 	--with-scalapack-dir=$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/petsc/install \
@@ -24,5 +23,6 @@
 	--with-m1qn3-dir=$ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/m1qn3/install \
 	--with-fortran-lib="-L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9 -lgfortran" \
-	--with-numthreads=4'
+	--with-numthreads=4 \
+	--with-cxxoptflags="-fPIC"'
 
 #PYTHON and MATLAB testing
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 EXTERNALPACKAGES="autotools    install.sh
 						cmake        install.sh
-						mpich        install-3.0-linux64-static.sh
+						mpich        install-3.2-linux64-static.sh
 						m1qn3        install.sh
-						petsc        install-3.6-linux64-static.sh
+						petsc        install-3.7-linux64-static.sh
 						triangle     install-linux64.sh
 						shell2junit  install.sh"