bash-2.05a$ python setup_atlas_version.py build_ext --inplace --force
atlas_threads_info:
scipy_distutils.system_info.atlas_threads_info
  NOT AVAILABLE

atlas_info:
scipy_distutils.system_info.atlas_info
  FOUND:
    libraries = ['lapack', 'f77blas', 'cblas', 'atlas']
    library_dirs = ['/usr/lib/3dnow/atlas', '/usr/lib/3dnow']
    language = f77
    include_dirs = ['/usr/include']

running build_ext
building 'atlas_version' extension
gcc options: '-pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC'
creating build
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/amd
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/amd/gauss
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/amd/gauss/export
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/amd/gauss/export/home3
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/amd/gauss/export/home3/giovanni
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/amd/gauss/export/home3/giovanni/Downloads
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/amd/gauss/export/home3/giovanni/Downloads/SciPy_complete-0.3
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/amd/gauss/export/home3/giovanni/Downloads/SciPy_complete-0.3/Lib
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/amd/gauss/export/home3/giovanni/Downloads/SciPy_complete-0.3/Lib/linalg
compile options: '-I/home/giovanni/bin/include/python2.3 -c'
gcc: /amd/gauss/export/home3/giovanni/Downloads/SciPy_complete-0.3/Lib/linalg/atlas_version.c
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.3/amd/gauss/export/home3/giovanni/Downloads/SciPy_complete-0.3/Lib/linalg/atlas_version.o -L/usr/lib/3dnow/atlas -L/usr/lib/3dnow -latlas -o atlas_version.so

bash-2.05a$ python -c 'import atlas_version'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: libatlas.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory