[SciPy-Dev] SciPy test error

[Ralf Gommers]

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Blake Griffith <blake.a.griffith at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hello scipy, I keep getting this error when I do scipy.test()
>
> ======================================================================
> ERROR: Failure: ImportError
> (/home/blake/scipy/build/testenv/lib/python3.2/site-packages/scipy/lib/lapack/
> clapack.cpython-32mu.so: undefined symbol: clapack_sgesv)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File
> "/home/blake/.virtualenvs/scipy3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/nose/failure.py",
> line 38, in runTest
>     raise self.exc_val.with_traceback(self.tb)
>   File
> "/home/blake/.virtualenvs/scipy3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/nose/loader.py",
> line 413, in loadTestsFromName
>     addr.filename, addr.module)
>   File
> "/home/blake/.virtualenvs/scipy3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/nose/importer.py",
> line 47, in importFromPath
>     return self.importFromDir(dir_path, fqname)
>   File
> "/home/blake/.virtualenvs/scipy3/lib/python3.2/site-packages/nose/importer.py",
> line 94, in importFromDir
>     mod = load_module(part_fqname, fh, filename, desc)
>   File
> "/home/blake/scipy/build/testenv/lib/python3.2/site-packages/scipy/lib/lapack/__init__.py",
> line 163, in <module>
>     from . import clapack
> ImportError:
> /home/blake/scipy/build/testenv/lib/python3.2/site-packages/scipy/lib/lapack/
> clapack.cpython-32mu.so: undefined symbol: clapack_sgesv
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ran 6900 tests in 101.388s
>
> FAILED (KNOWNFAIL=119, SKIP=228, errors=1)
>
>
> I think I have all the proper libraries installed, so I don't know why I'm
> getting this error.
>

It's a common problem, happens when there's an issues with your lapack
install. See for example
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8823692/undefined-symbol-clapack-sgesv

What blas/lapack do you use, and what OS?

Ralf
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