freefem++ Build-Depends: libhypre-dev, and checks for hypre during configure. But in the rest of the build HYPRE is not actually used. There are files that include hypre headers in src/solver and in examples++-mpi, but the examples build doesn't invoke the hypre files. src/solver isn't being used at all. I'm not sure if it means the configure or Makefile.am settings should be patched, or if Build-Depends: libhypre-dev should just be removed.