Re: how to test lapack

[Ben Abbott]

On Dec 5, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Matyas wrote:

> Ben Abbott wrote:
>> (1) Please tell us what version of Octave your are building.
> 
> 3.2.1. I have downloaded the tar file earlier this week.  I normally
> use the octave packaged with Debian, however I could not figure out
> how to specify my own lapack when using apt-get.  I did not dare to
> ask a forum about that since Debian packages an older 3.0 version.
> (And anyway that may be more of a Debian question.)
> 
>> (2) Please show us the configure command you used.
> 
> I just reran it to capture all the output:
> ./configure
> --with-lapack=/home/sustik/School/lapack-3.2.1/tmp_lapack/lapack.so.3.2.1 >
> configure.out 2>&1
> 
>> (3) Show us what the result of the configure process was.
> 
> I attach configure.out produced by the previous command.

<snip>

I notice that configure includes ...

> checking for cheev_ in 
> /home/sustik/School/lapack-3.2.1/tmp_lapack/lapack.so.3.2.1... no


This is the cause of your trouble.

I don't have any insight here, perhaps someone else (or you) will.

Ben