Yes, I realized I hadn't installed expect after an email from Rik Renich. The package built just fine.
Thanks everyone. On 14 Sep 2000, Camm Maguire wrote: > Greetings! I maintain the atlas Debian package, so I hope I can help > here! > > The build process depends on 'expect', an interpreter that comes with > Debian, but may not be installed on your system. Just do a 'apt-get > install expect5.24' or equivalent, and then 'apt-get -b source atlas' > should work just fine. (It will take forever, though!) > (config.expect runs the expect interpreter, and *that* is the command > that is not being found.) > > I'll be adding a Build-Depends entry soon. > > Please let me know if you have any comments/suggestions for atlas on > Debian. > > Take care, > > "Matthew D. Fulkerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, > > I've been trying to compile the debian atlas2 source into a .deb > > file. When running dpkg-buildpackage, the process eventually fails. Here > > is the last few lines of output. > > > > echo ../liblapack.a > > ../liblapack.a > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/atlas-3.0/lapack-3.0/SRC' > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/atlas-3.0/lapack-3.0' > > touch lapack-stamp > > dh_testdir > > chmod +x debian/config.expect > > debian/config.expect > > make: debian/config.expect: Command not found > > make: *** [startup-stamp] Error 127 > > Build command 'cd atlas-3.0 && dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc' failed. > > E: Child process failed > > > > I checked the atlas-3.0/debian directory, and config.expect is there and > > executable. But even typing ./config.expect gives the error message > > bash: ./config.expect: No such file or directory > > (incidently, I tried building gv as a check, and dpkg-buildpackage failed > > there also. However I was able to build nano) > > > > > > Alternatively, I can compile the atlas2 source just following the INSTALL > > directions. But I don't know how to use the libraries. I'm using lapack > > with a command line like > > > > g77 program.f -llapack -lblas > > > > My plan was to do as the README.Debian documentation > > suggested and set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/lib/atlas, once I had made the > > athlon optimized libraries. > > > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Sorry if this is not the list to > > ask, but it is the only place I could find any dialogue on atlas. > > > > Thanks, > > Matt Fulkerson > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ========================================================================== > "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

