Difficulty installing parallel PyMFEM on linux

[Topher37]

I'm trying to install the parallel version of PyMFEM on a system running rhel 9.4 using a conda environment.

I tried using "python setup.py install --with-parallel --user." In a different conda environment, tried downgrading pip to 22.3 (so --install-option would work) and using the 'python -m pip install ./ --install-option="--with-parallel" --install-option="--mfem-branch=master" ' command that's in the PyMFEM README.md.

In both installation attempts, the serial version installed and seems to run successfully, but the parallel version errors out when I try to import it.

Error message for pip command:

import mfem.par as mfem
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/fslhome/topher37/miniconda3/envs/pipmfemtest1/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mfem/par.py", line 11, in
from mfem._par.cpointers import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mfem._par.cpointers'

Error message for setup.py install:

import mfem.par as mfem
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/home/topher37/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/mfem/par.py", line 11, in
from mfem._par.cpointers import *
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mfem._par.cpointers'

The install logs for both installations are attached.

installdoc_pip.txt
installdoc_setup_py.txt

Thanks for your help.