[SciPy-user] SciPy finds wrong lapack

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Tue Jan 2 11:05:01 EST 2007


J Oishi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm attempting to use SciPy 0.5.2 with NumPy 1.0.1 on a Scientific Linux
> distribution (which is itself based on Redhat Enterprise, I think). I  
> have
> built ATLAS and ensured I have a complete LAPACK installed in
> /usr/local/lib/atlas (following the instructions on the ATLAS site).  
> NumPy
> and SciPy both build ok, although I had to modify site.cfg for both in
> order to get them to find my ATLAS libraries.

What is your site.cfg and where (and what) are the relevant libraries on your
system?

You might want to use

[DEFAULT]
search_static_first=true

in order to pick up the static library rather than the shared one.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco



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