[Rpy] -lblas exception returned

[M. M. <ago...@gm...>]

Dear all:

trying to install rpy2 on my research computers.  able to do so on 2 of 3,
one of which is 64 bit.  On the P4 2.8 machine with ubuntu hardy installed,
just like the others, I get the following error when installing from the
most current (v.635) svn files:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./setup.py", line 142, in <module>
    ri_ext = getRinterface_ext(RHOME, r_packversion)
  File "./setup.py", line 128, in getRinterface_ext
    get_rconfig(RHOME, 'BLAS_LIBS'),
  File "./setup.py", line 66, in get_rconfig
    raise Exception(cmd + '\nreturned\n' + rconfig)
Exception: "/usr/lib/R/bin/R" CMD config BLAS_LIBS
returned
-lblas

The other computers have  similar software setups with ubuntu.  I am at a
loss on what to do next as not much can be found on this particular problem
on the net.  Thanks in advance.  - Gabe