octave @3.8.2: configure: error: BLAS and LAPACK libraries are required

[jainanuj99@…]

I tried installing octave using macports. I used the command:

port install octave +gui +nofortran.

It took really really long (almost the entire weekend) but it finally completed building atlas and reached towards the end. Then it failed with

configure failure: command execution failed

[jainanuj99@…]

config.log file generated on config error

[jainanuj99@…]

mail.log file generated when error was reported

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

What does "port installed and active" return for you?

[jainanuj99@…]

port installed returns this: apr @1.5.2_1 (active)

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[jainanuj99@…]

port installed on my machine after the error mentioned.

[jainanuj99@…]

The text may be hard to read so also attaching a text file...

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

OK; thanks. Is there some specific reason you want to use +nofortran? You have "arpack +gfortran", which indicates that some Fortran is already installed (it is; pick either g95 or gcc5).

I'm guessing that "atlas +nofortran" is causing the issue (per ticket #50551). Can you do the following & see what comes of it:

sudo port clean octave
sudo port install atlas
sudo port install octave

Yes, I know that atlas takes a long time to build ... just do it overnight or when you won't need the computer for 8 hours.

If you're into Portfile development, try out the ​patch from that ticket.

[jainanuj99@…]

I don't remember, I think, I was getting an error with fortran that is why I did +nofortran after reading online. To make sure this will work with the commands you suggested, should I check something in advance for fortran or c compiler ?

[michaelld (Michael Dickens)]

I would recommend doing "sudo port install atlas +gcc5" to make sure you get a Fortran build. But, according to "port info atlas", so long as you don't add on "+nofortran" the resulting atlas should provide the needed libraries for Octave. You already have gcc5 installed, so mostly you'll just be waiting for atlas to build. HTH!

[hibr-list@…]

Yes, atlas failed with clang, arpack might be buggy with accelerate, so the following did the job at my site (MacPorts 2.3.4, Mac OS X 10.11.3 (El-Capitan):

If Installation failed:

sudo port clean atlas
sudo port clean octave

Then:

sudo port install atlas +gcc5
sudo port install arpack -accelerate+atlas
sudo port install octave +gtgui+gui+java

For the +java variant I have Java JRE itself installed from Oracle on my Mac.

And yes the atlas build lasts for hours but I works with the gcc5 variant.

You find a App-Bundle "Octave" in Launchpad.

Hani

PS: If you need "metis" you can do "sudo port install octave +gtgui+gui+java+metis". Worked for me.

[MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)]

Octave has undergone significant changes recently (r148698).
Any chance this issue has been resolved?

[MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)]

With no further updates, let us assume this is now fixed.
If not, we can open a ticket specifically for octave 4.