[Python-modules-team] Bug#581412: ImportError: libblas.so.3gf: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Sascha Silbe]

Package: python-numpy
Version: 1:1.3.0-3+b1
Severity: important


numpy doesn't find libblas.so.3gf, even though it's installed:

root at xo15-minimal:~# env|grep ^LD
root at xo15-minimal:~# python
Python 2.5.5 (r255:77872, Apr 21 2010, 08:44:16) 
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy.linalg.lapack_lite
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 130, in <module>
    import add_newdocs
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 9, in <module>
    from lib import add_newdoc
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
    from polynomial import *
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/lib/polynomial.py", line 18, in <module>
    from numpy.linalg import eigvals, lstsq
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/linalg/__init__.py", line 47, in <module>
    from linalg import *
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/linalg/linalg.py", line 22, in <module>
    from numpy.linalg import lapack_lite
ImportError: libblas.so.3gf: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>> 

sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~/src/measure$ dpkg -l liblapack3gf 
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                 Version                              Description
+++-====================================-====================================-========================================================================================
ii  liblapack3gf                         3.2.1-8                              library of linear algebra routines 3 - shared version
sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~/src/measure$ ls -l /usr/lib/lapack/liblapack.so.3gf*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      18 May  8 08:08 /usr/lib/lapack/liblapack.so.3gf -> liblapack.so.3gf.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7301416 Apr 27 22:53 /usr/lib/lapack/liblapack.so.3gf.0


Note that running python as root is just to prevent user configuration like LD_RUN_PATH from interfering. It happens for any user.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.6-xo1.5-1-00330-g12e4512 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python-numpy depends on:
ii  libblas3gf [libblas.so.3gf]  1.2-7       Basic Linear Algebra Reference imp
ii  libc6                        2.10.2-6    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                      1:4.4.2-9   GCC support library
ii  libgfortran3                 4.4.2-9     Runtime library for GNU Fortran ap
ii  liblapack3gf [liblapack.so.3 3.2.1-8     library of linear algebra routines
ii  python                       2.5.4-9     An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-central               0.6.14+nmu2 register and build utility for Pyt

python-numpy recommends no packages.

Versions of packages python-numpy suggests:
pn  python-nose                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-numpy-dbg              <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-numpy-doc              <none>     (no description available)

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