[Scilab-Dev] Compiling Scilab 5.4.0 from source fails on Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit

[Sylvestre Ledru]

On 27/10/2012 22:29, Uwe Fechner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I tried to compile Scilab 5.4.0 from source and get the following
> configure error:
> 
> ...
> Generic Blas found
> checking if LAPACK is available...
> checking for cheev_... no
> checking for cheev_ in -llapack... yes
> Library -llapack found
> checking if ARPACK-NG is available...
> checking for znaupd_ in -larpack... no
> configure: error: Impossible to find the ARPACK library. Please note
> that arpack was bundled with version prior to 5.4.0 and Scilab requires
> arpack-ng ( http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng/ ).
> 
> I have not only the source, but also the package with the required
> libraries and copied it into the same directory as the source.
> 
> I already installed libarpack2, libarpack2-dev, libparpack2 and
> libparpack2-dev.
> 
> I also tried to download, compile and install arpack-ng from
> http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng/  but I still get this error
> message.
> 
> Any idea how to fix it?
Try to remove atlas. It should fix your problem.

Otherwise, have a look to the config.log for more information on the
failure.

Sylvestre