[BioPython] More problems with Biopython on AMD64

[Sebastian Bassi]

Hello all,

I keep on trying to install biopython on AMD64. I already installed
mxtexttools. Now I want to install Numpy. Numpy requires lapack a Linear
Algebra package. I don't find this package on Mandrakes CDs, but I found
online the lapack-3.0-9mdk.src.rpm.
So I try to rebuild lapack with:
rpm --rebuild lapack-3.0-9mdk.src.rpm

and I get this:

(lot of output cuted...)
gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,liblapack.so.3 -o liblapack.so.3.0 *.o
-L../BLAS/SRC -lblas -lm -lc
/usr/bin/ld: ../BLAS/SRC/libblas.a(cgbmv.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 can
not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
../BLAS/SRC/libblas.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [shared] Error 1
+ exit 0
Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7622
+ umask 022
+ cd /usr/src/RPM/BUILD
+ cd LAPACK
+ /bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp/lapack-buildroot/usr/bin
+ /bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp/lapack-buildroot/usr/lib64
+ /bin/mkdir -p /var/tmp/lapack-buildroot/usr/share/man/manl
+ /bin/cp equivalence /var/tmp/lapack-buildroot/usr/bin
+ /bin/cp SRC/liblapack.so.3.0 /var/tmp/lapack-buildroot/usr/lib64
/bin/cp: cannot stat `SRC/liblapack.so.3.0': No such file or directory
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7622 (%install)


RPM build errors:
    user lenny does not exist - using root
    user lenny does not exist - using root
    user lenny does not exist - using root
    user lenny does not exist - using root
    user lenny does not exist - using root
    user lenny does not exist - using root
    user lenny does not exist - using root
    Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.7622 (%install)

(BTW, I don't know how is lenny, I use another unixname and this was tried
as root).
I found one liblapack.so.3.0 on a Red Hat linux disk that works on 32 bits
(Red Hat 8 under Xeon), so I am not sure if I could use it. If so, where
should I put it?
Anyone else here with AMD64?