title: Failure to install slam package
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13532682/slam-package-install-fails-with-make-error">slam package install fails with make error</a>  </p>
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  <p>I get this error when I attempt to install the package <code>slam</code> (I am using RStudio menu) </p>
  
  <pre><code>/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lblas
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
  make: *** [slam.so] Error 1
  ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘slam’
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  <p>I have to apoloigize for stating that I am using Xubuntu 12.04 x64 with RStudio 0.97.173.</p>