Re: Installation error on Ubuntu 12.10 (x64) for Octave 3.6.2

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Mike Miller-2 wrote
> It would be best if you reported this as an Ubuntu bug against the
> openblas package, either via apport or at http://pad.lv/fb/u/openblas.

bug duly reported:  bug report
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openblas/+bug/1181234>   


Mike Miller-2 wrote
> Also make sure you complete the octave post-installation that was failing:
> 
>   sudo dpkg --configure octave

Seems like octave already configured itself: if i run that command it says
"octave is already installed and configured"


Mike Miller-2 wrote
>> Just one last question: does the removal of libopenblas-base "endangers"
>> the
>> proper functioning of other softwares depending on them (on my
>> workstation
>> I'm thinking about the WRF-ARW weather model, mainly)?
> 
> I honestly can't say. All I can say is that I don't see any packages
> in Ubuntu itself that strictly depend on libopenblas-base being
> installed. It is intended to be a drop-in alternative to the standard
> BLAS library that improves performance but apparently has problems on
> some systems. Just keep it in mind if you do run into problems. Or
> report the bug to Ubuntu and maybe it fixed so you can use openblas.

Unfortunately it seems that there's a dependency between WRF-ARW and
openblas, therefore I had to install the libraries back. 

Thanks again to you and everybody for the great help! I would never ever
have discovered that the problem could be openblas! 



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