slam package install fails with make error

Question

I\'m trying to install the slam package, but it seems to fail on my system. I\'m running ubuntu 12.04. I thought it was a missing library or something so I installed a few t

Answer 1

You may have something fishy going on with your system. Try to follow /usr/lib/libblas.* which on my Ubuntu 12.04 server, with the OpenBLAS package installed, yields:

edd@max:~$ ls -log /usr/lib/libblas.* /etc/alternatives/libblas*                                                                                                                                                                 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 36 Jun 15 09:41 /etc/alternatives/libblas.a -> /usr/lib/openblas-base/libopenblas.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 37 Jun 15 09:41 /etc/alternatives/libblas.so -> /usr/lib/openblas-base/libopenblas.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 39 Jun 15 09:41 /etc/alternatives/libblas.so.3gf -> /usr/lib/openblas-base/libopenblas.so.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 27 May  9  2012 /usr/lib/libblas.a -> /etc/alternatives/libblas.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 28 May  9  2012 /usr/lib/libblas.so -> /etc/alternatives/libblas.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 32 May  9  2012 /usr/lib/libblas.so.3gf -> /etc/alternatives/libblas.so.3gf
edd@max:~$ 

You should have something similar, albeit with the base blas you have installed.