R help - Oct 2005 - Problem with Matrix package

Hello All,

While trying to install Matrix package following error message came out:


/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/lib/R/library/Matrix'
** Restoring previous '/usr/lib/R/library/Matrix'


It seems that someting is missing. Have anybody idea where we can find this 
missing piece?
We have Debian Linux.


Jari Haukka

>>>>> "Jari" == Jari Haukka <jari.haukka at
geneos.fi>
>>>>>     on Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:56:58 +0300 writes:
    Jari> Hello All, While trying to install Matrix package
    Jari> following error message came out:

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

Matrix has in src/Makefile

PKG_LIBS = ${LAPACK_LIBS} ${BLAS_LIBS}

and quite a few other packages have the same or a very similar
thing in their src/Makevars or src/Makefile.

Both these variables are defined by your R installation.
And it seems are definitely defined wrongly for your environment.

Try (in a shell)
    grep LAPACK_LIBS `R RHOME`/etc/Makeconf
    grep BLAS_LIBS `R RHOME`/etc/Makeconf
to see their values
I'm sure the '-lblas-3' above is in one of them.

    Jari> It seems that someting is missing. Have anybody idea where we can
find this
    Jari> missing piece?

there are several debian packages for BLAS/LAPACK etc.
I do wonder how you got to an R installation with LAPACK_LIBS or
BLAS_LIBS that don't match the things available on your machine.

    Jari> We have Debian Linux.

Yes, and an installation of R (which one?)
that's not "correct" in the above sense.

How was it installed?

Regards,
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich

Hi, if it is not essential to build the package by yourselves, why not use
the Debian package r-cran-matrix instead.

HTH, Johan Sandblom

2005/10/4, Jari Haukka <jari.haukka at geneos.fi>:
> Hello All,
>
> While trying to install Matrix package following error message came out:
>
>
> /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/lib/R/library/Matrix'
> ** Restoring previous '/usr/lib/R/library/Matrix'
>
>
> It seems that someting is missing. Have anybody idea where we can find this
> missing piece?
> We have Debian Linux.
>
>
> Jari Haukka
>
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