http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47692
--- Comment #14 from John T <jrt at worldlinc dot net> 2011-02-18 16:58:45 UTC --- Sorry for not responding sooner, had a health issue. Here's the error message with the -static flag: gfortran -g -o testieee tstiee.o gfortran -fimplicit-none -g -static -O -c ilaver.f -o ilaver.o gfortran -fimplicit-none -g -static -O -c LAPACK_version.f -o LAPACK_version.o gfortran -g -o testversion ilaver.o LAPACK_version.o make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dilbert/Download/linear/lapack-3.3.0/INSTALL' ./testlsame: /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3: version `GFORTRAN_1.4' not found (required by ./testlsame) ./testslamch: /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3: version `GFORTRAN_1.4' not found (required by ./testslamch) ./testdlamch: /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3: version `GFORTRAN_1.4' not found (required by ./testdlamch) ./testsecond: /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3: version `GFORTRAN_1.4' not found (required by ./testsecond) ./testdsecnd: /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3: version `GFORTRAN_1.4' not found (required by ./testdsecnd) ./testversion: /usr/lib/libgfortran.so.3: version `GFORTRAN_1.4' not found (required by ./testversion) make: *** [lapack_install] Error 1 The LD_LIBRARY_PATH specification worked.