Re: [Numpy-discussion] BLAS not found in numpy 1.0b4

[Charles R H. <cha...@gm...>]

On 8/31/06, Christopher Barker <Chr...@no...> wrote:
>
> Jonathan Taylor wrote:
> > When trying to install 1.0b4 I had trouble getting it to detect my
> > installed atlas.  This was because the shipped site.cfg had;
> >
> > [atlas]
> > library_dirs = /usr/lib/atlas/3dnow/
> > atlas_libs = lapack, blas
> >
> > but I had to change 3dnow to sse2 due to my current state of
> > pentiumness.  In any case it should probabally look in all the
> > possible locations instead of just AMD's location.
>
> "All possible locations" is pretty much impossible. There really isn't
> any choice but for individuals to customize site.cfg for their setup.
> that's why it's called "site".cfg.
>
> I would like to see a pretty good collection of examples, most of them
> commented out, in there, however. i.e.:


I need this on fc5 x86_64

[atlas]
library_dirs = /usr/lib64/atlas
atlas_libs = lapack, blas, cblas, atlas

I think this should be automatic. Apart from debian, the /usr/lib64
directory is pretty much standard for 64bit linux distros.

Chuck