Why am I getting error "Could not run a simple Fortran 77 program. Aborting." while compilation?

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Issue

  • Getting following error while compiling Fortran based software
Could not run a simple Fortran 77 program. Aborting.
  • Getting error while configuring 32 bit openmpi.
./configure --prefix=/usr/mpi/openmpi_1.6.5_32 CFLAGS=-m32 CXXFLAGS=-m32 FFLAGS=-m32 FCFLAGS=-m32

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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