[SciPy-user] Building on solaris

[Husain, Kamran B]

Hi!

Could someone guide me on how to build Scipy (0.7) on a Solaris machine?

Operating system info: 64bit SunOS v5.9 Generic_122300-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V890  I have python 2.5.2 and numpy 1.3.x installed and running with no problems. Scipy is a bit difficult to build.

The configuration file for scipy requires "BLAS" with the following error:



--- SNIP---

Blas (http://www.netlib.org/blas/) libraries not found.

    Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the

    numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [blas]) or by setting

    the BLAS environment variable.

END OF SNIP-

Compiling the blas libraries asked for another package (LAPACK), which incidentally did not compile either. [I really miss Linux now].

I don't know whether I am pursuing a red herring at this point and maybe there is another cleaner way to do this.  Has anyone had any experience with this configuration?

Sincerely

Kamran Husain

kamran dot husain at aramco dot com


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