Makefile for boost mpi test (from http://particlephysicsandcode.com/2013/03/11/installing-boost-1-52-ubuntu-12-04-fedora/)

Boost

CC = mpic++
CXXFLAGS = -g -W -Wall -Werror
LIBS = -lboost_mpi -lboost_serialization -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -lboost_graph_parallel -lboost_iostreams

all: Boost

Boost: Boost.o
        $(CC) $(CXXFLAGS) -o Boost Boost.o $(LIBS)

Boost.o: Boost.cpp
        $(CC) $(CXXFLAGS) -c Boost.cpp

clean:
        $(RM) Boost Boost.o

Boost.cpp

// M. Reid - Boost.cpp - Test of boost mpi interface

#include <iostream>

// The boost headers
#include "boost/mpi.hpp"

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    // Allows you to query the MPI environment
    boost::mpi::environment env(argc, argv);
    std::string processor_name(env.processor_name());

    // permits communication and synchronization among a set of processes
    boost::mpi::communicator world;
    unsigned int rank(world.rank()), numprocessors(world.size());

    if (rank == 0) {
        std::cout << "Processor name: " << processor_name << "\n";
        std::cout << "Master (" << rank << "/" << numprocessors << ")\n";
    } else {
        std::cout << "Slave  (" << rank << "/" << numprocessors << ")\n";
    }
    return 0;
}