.. _linalg:

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Linear Algebra software
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See :ref:`lapack_examples` for some examples.

See :ref:`lapack_install` for installation instructions.

See :ref:`fortran_software` for other Fortran software packages.


 * `LAPACK <http://www.netlib.org/lapack/>`_
 * `LAPACK User's Guide <http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lug/>`_
 * :ref:`blas`
 * `Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software (ATLAS) <http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/>`_
 * `PETSc <http://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-as/>`_
 * `<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAPACK>`_

To install BLAS and LAPACK see the links above and also:

 * `<http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GfortranBuild>`_

On some linux systems, including the VM for the class, you can install both
BLAS and LAPACK via::

    $ sudo apt-get install liblapack-dev