have been trying to install gretl 1.6.0 on a PC with an
AMD64 processor running Mandriva 2007.  In my most recent attempt I
downloaded and unpacked gretl-1.6.0.tar.bz2.  When I ran ./configure it
failed because it couldn't find lapack.  Here are the relevant lines
from config.log:<br>&nbsp; configure:24845: checking for LAPACK<br>&nbsp;
configure:24884: gcc -o conftest -I./lib/src -g -O2&nbsp;&nbsp; conftest.c
-L/usr/lib -llapack -lblas&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -lgfortran -lc -lc -lm&nbsp; &gt;&amp;5<br>&nbsp;/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/liblapack.so when searching for -llapack
<br>&nbsp;/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/liblapack.a when searching for -llapack<br>&nbsp;/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/liblapack.so when searching for -llapack<br>&nbsp;/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/liblapack.a when searching for -llapack
<br>&nbsp;/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -llapack<br>&nbsp;collect2: ld returned 1 exit status<br>&nbsp;configure:24887: $? = 1<br>configure: program exited with status 1<br>configure: failed program was:<br>| /* confdefs.h.&nbsp; */<br><br>The relevant files in /usr/lib are: 
liblapack.a; liblapack.so; liblapack.so.3.0.<br><br>I would appreciate any advice people could give.<br><br>Robin Carter<br>