R help - Jun 2005 - error when installing Matrix

> version
         _
platform i386-pc-linux-gnu
arch     i386
os       linux-gnu
system   i386, linux-gnu
status
major    2
minor    1.0
year     2005
month    04
day      18
language R

OS:debian linux
# R CMD INSTALL /home/ronggui/Matrix_0.96-3.tar.gz 

.........
s-3  -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lblas-3
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Matrix.so] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Matrix'
** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Matrix'
** Restoring previous '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Matrix'

what have i missed?thank you!


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On 20 June 2005 at 10:07, ronggui wrote:
| OS:debian linux
| # R CMD INSTALL /home/ronggui/Matrix_0.96-3.tar.gz 
| 
| .........
| s-3  -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR
| /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lblas-3
| collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
| make: *** [Matrix.so] Error 1
| ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Matrix'
| ** Removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Matrix'
| ** Restoring previous '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Matrix'
| 
| what have i missed?thank you!

$ apt-get install r-base-dev

r-base-dev is an 'almost virtual' package with depends that will be
satisfied
by either the refblas or any of the atlas-* (cpu-specific) optimised
libraries.  You are lacking these.

Hope this helps, Dirk

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