[Numpy-discussion] Re: Problems compiling against ATLAS on x86_64

[Stephen Walton]

Matt Hyclak wrote:

>Sorry for replying to myself. Just for the archives, the problem seems to be
>the static lapack/blas libraries provided with RHEL3...
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Common problem which I just posted to scipy-devel about.  In most 
variants of RH and Fedora, the RH-provided lapack RPM is only there to 
satisfy Octave's dependency.  If you're not using Octave, you'll be 
happiest uninstalling both it and the RedHat provided lapack (rpm -e 
lapack octave)