OpenFOAM build fails with " ERROR: /usr/bin/ld.bfd: cannot find -lptscotcherrexit" on Alma9, Oracle 8, and Oracle 9 under WSL

[jstrodtb]

I ensured the appropriate repos were enabled. In Alma 9, I installed scotch, scotch-devel, ptscotch-mpich, and ptscotch-mpich-devel (I did similarly in Oracle 8 and 9). I can verify that /usr/lib64/mpich/lib/libptscotcherrexit.so exists. With the latest stable downloaded from the website, I still get nothing.

Despite this, when running

./phoronix-test-suite benchmark openfoam

the build fails with this message:

pts/openfoam-1.2.0:
    Test Installation 1 of 1
    1 File Needed [53.71 MB / 1 Minute]
    File Found: OpenFOAM-10-20220831.tar.gz                                     [53.71MB]
    Approximate Install Size: 1700 MB

    Estimated Install Time: 5 Minutes, 7 Seconds
    Installing Test @ 11:58:15
        The installer exited with a non-zero exit status.
        ERROR: /usr/bin/ld.bfd: cannot find -lptscotcherrexit
        LOG: ~/.phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/pts/openfoam-1.2.0/install-failed.log

Log file is attached:

install-failed.log

On closer inspection of the log file, ~/.phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/pts/openfoam-1.2.0/ThidParty has not been created. The ThirdParty-10 archive isn't getting downloaded and extracted at all.