Re: BLAS library incompatible with Fortran 77 compiler settings

[Thomas Weber]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 08:09:40AM -0700, babelproofreader wrote:
> Well, I have solved my problem by taking drastic action - I installed Debian
> and then simply updated to Octave 3.6.2 by using the package manager. This
> was the second time I've had problems with trying to get the latest Octave
> running on Ubuntu, and as a result I may move both my computers over to
> Debian from Ubuntu. Since you can install any customised desktop environment
> you like for eye candy, I'm an agnostic as to whether underneath it all it
> is Debian, Ubuntu or whatever. I think it's more important to be able to
> easily install the programs you want, and for me at least, Debian trumps
> Ubuntu in this respect. 

This is an interesting outcome. 
When I tried to convince people to install Debian in a chroot or virtual
machine for an easy instalation of Octave while continuing to run Ubuntu
as their main system, I never heard back.
When I actually try to help someone getting Octave to run under Ubuntu,
he switches to Debian.

Anyways, good luck. Bug reports for the packaged version are welcome,
preferably via 'reportbug'.

        Thomas