Cannot run Numeric.LinearAlgebra.Tests.runTests on Windows 7

[reeteshmukul]

Hi,

I installed hmatrix, hmatrix-tests using the instruction given on Installation page. However I always get this error:

i386-windows-ghc-7.8.3\hmatrix-0.16.0.6\HShmatrix-0.16.0.6.o: unknown symbol `_asinh'

Please let me know how this can be fixed.

[albertoruiz]

The missing symbol asinh should be provided by the C math.h library. It is C99, so perhaps some C flag is needed in the cabal file.

[sinisterdexter]

I'm getting the same error whenever I try to use any hmatrix functions in ghci.

I don't know what happens if I use the tests--I'd given up on installing hmatrix-tests on windows. I'm surprised you managed it. (When I try I get error messages saying that pkg-config is not found, and if I install it, that the pkg-config package gsl is not found.)

So, if anyone knows what to do about this I'd appreciate it. I'd really like to get started using this package.

I'm using Windows 8, not Windows 7. GHC Platform and hmatrix both newly installed: GHC version 7.83. hmatrix 0.16.0.6

[jcchurch]

Was there any resolution to this issue? I would appreciate a fix on which C flag is need in the cabal file.

[hvr]

I wonder if this something similar to ekmett/log-domain#6

[mkallen]

A solution was posted here : http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/322iut/trying_to_install_hmatrix_on_windows_7_fails/

[mcandre]

+1 Please fix

[albertoruiz]

Please make a pull request.

[Mistuke]

Is.. this still an issue? The actual issue was that the GHC runtime linker was too eager in the past, this made it unable to properly link static libraries. This however should have been solved with GHC 7.10.3, and we also link libmingwex in by default.