how to compile lapack so that it can be used correctly during installation of octave?

Question

I\'m trying to install the latest octave 3.8.1 from source in a cluster running redhat+IBM LSF. I don\'t have write access to anywhere else except my own home dir, that\'s w

Answer 1

I would suggest using OpenBLAS.

> git clone https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS.git
> make
> make make --PREFIX=INSTALL_DIR install

move the librabries from OpenBLAS to /usr/lib64

> cp /path/to/OpenBLAS/lib/* /usr/lib64/

then go to the octave installation path and run

> "your specific flags" ./configure "your specific arguments" --with-blas="-lopenblas"