Public bug reported: This bug is easy to trigger. Some symbols are not present in clapack in current 12.10 python-scipy pacakge. It works in python3 pacakage of scipy.
$ python Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 26 2012, 21:51:14) [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import scipy.optimize Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/optimize/__init__.py", line 14, in <module> from nonlin import * File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/optimize/nonlin.py", line 113, in <module> from scipy.linalg import norm, solve, inv, qr, svd, lstsq, LinAlgError File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/linalg/__init__.py", line 9, in <module> from basic import * File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/linalg/basic.py", line 14, in <module> from lapack import get_lapack_funcs File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/linalg/lapack.py", line 15, in <module> from scipy.linalg import clapack ImportError: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scipy/linalg/clapack.so: undefined symbol: clapack_sgesv ** Affects: python-scipy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077986 Title: wrong lapack link in ubuntu python-scipy package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-scipy/+bug/1077986/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs