[R] R won't start right

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

> apt-get install r-base r-recommended
> 
> It installed fine, even though:
> nujoma:~> dpkg -l | grep -i blas
> nujoma:~>
> 
> returns nothing.

Try     
    COLUMNS=120 dpkg -l | grep -i blas
    COLUMNS=120 dpkg -l | grep -i atlas

> nujoma:~> locate libblas
> /usr/lib/3dnow/atlas/libblas.so.2
> /usr/lib/3dnow/atlas/libblas.so.2.3
> /usr/lib/atlas/libblas.so.2
> /usr/lib/atlas/libblas.so.2.3

The atlas -dev package used to have a buggy shlibs file leading to insufficient dependency
information. Users could end up with an arbitrary atlas package, instead of the the correct
default blas package (which can then be transparently replaced at runtime simply by 
installing a matching Atlas package).    

Do you actually have an Athlon cpu? Else you need to replace your Atlas packages with 
appropriate ones.

> Interestingly enough, my home-built version seems to use a different blas
> from either of the above:

This depends on which -dev package you have installed.

Hope this helps,  Dirk

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