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

[Christopher Barker]

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.:

## for AMD atlas:
#library_dirs = /usr/lib/atlas/3dnow/
#atlas_libs = lapack, blas

## for Fedora Core 4 sse2 atlas:
#library_dirs = /usr/lib/sse2/
#atlas_libs = lapack, blas

etc, etc.


-Chris


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