using Arpack not working

[dlfivefifty]

julia> using Arpack
[ Info: Precompiling module Arpack
ERROR: LoadError: could not open file /Users/sheehanolver/.julia/packages/Arpack/8rPU/deps/deps.jl
Stacktrace:
 [1] include at ./boot.jl:317 [inlined]
 [2] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1075
 [3] include at ./sysimg.jl:29 [inlined]
 [4] include(::String) at /Users/sheehanolver/.julia/packages/Arpack/8rPU/src/Arpack.jl:8
 [5] top-level scope at none:0
 [6] include at ./boot.jl:317 [inlined]
 [7] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1075
 [8] include(::Module, ::String) at ./sysimg.jl:29
 [9] top-level scope at none:0
 [10] eval at ./boot.jl:319 [inlined]
 [11] eval(::Expr) at ./client.jl:394
 [12] top-level scope at ./none:3 [inlined]
 [13] top-level scope at ./<missing>:0
in expression starting at /Users/sheehanolver/.julia/packages/Arpack/8rPU/src/Arpack.jl:10
ERROR: Failed to precompile Arpack to /Users/sheehanolver/.julia/compiled/v0.7/Arpack/X5VZ.ji.
Stacktrace:
 [1] error at ./error.jl:33 [inlined]
 [2] compilecache(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:1205
 [3] _require(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:1007
 [4] require(::Base.PkgId) at ./loading.jl:879
 [5] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:874

(v0.7) pkg> status
    Status `~/.julia/environments/v0.7/Project.toml`
  [621f4979] AbstractFFTs v0.3.1+ [`~/.julia/dev/AbstractFFTs`]
  [3f3329dc] AlmostBandedMatrices v0.0.0 [`~/Projects/AlmostBandedMatrices.jl`]
  [28f2ccd6] ApproxFun v0.8.1+ [`~/Projects/ApproxFun.jl`]
  [7d9fca2a] Arpack v0.1.1
  [aae01518] BandedMatrices v0.5.0+ [`~/Projects/BandedMatrices.jl`]
  [6e4b80f9] BenchmarkTools v0.3.1
  [ffab5731] BlockBandedMatrices v0.1.0+ [`~/Projects/BlockBandedMatrices.jl`]
  [34da2185] Compat v0.69.0
  [7a1cc6ca] FFTW v0.2.2+ [`~/.julia/dev/FFTW`]
  [057dd010] FastTransforms v0.3.2+ [`~/Projects/FastTransforms.jl`]
  [7c893195] HierarchicalMatrices v0.1.2+ [`~/Projects/HierarchicalMatrices.jl`]
  [e675f1aa] InfiniteArrays v0.1.0 [`~/Projects/InfiniteArrays.jl`]
  [de60f5b2] LazyLinearAlgebra v0.1.0 [`~/Projects/LazyLinearAlgebra.jl`]
  [898213cb] LowRankApprox v0.1.3+ [`~/Projects/LowRankApprox.jl`]
  [295af30f] Revise v0.5.0
  [276daf66] SpecialFunctions v0.6.0
  [c751599d] ToeplitzMatrices v0.3.0+ [`~/Projects/ToeplitzMatrices.jl`]


julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 0.7.0-beta.18
Commit 4e3902d624 (2018-06-26 06:43 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (x86_64-apple-darwin17.6.0)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7600K CPU @ 3.80GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-6.0.0 (ORCJIT, skylake)
Environment:
  JULIA_VERSION = 0.6

[CarloLucibello]

I get this instead on build (on an Archlinux system, system arpack library installed)

(v0.7) pkg> add Arpack
  Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/Uncurated`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/Uncurated.git`
 Resolving package versions...
 Installed Arpack ───────── v0.1.1
 Installed DataStructures ─ v0.9.0
 Installed PlotUtils ────── v0.5.0
  Updating `~/.julia/environments/v0.7/Project.toml`
  [7d9fca2a] + Arpack v0.1.1
  Updating `~/.julia/environments/v0.7/Manifest.toml`
  [7d9fca2a] + Arpack v0.1.1
  [864edb3b] ↑ DataStructures v0.8.3 ⇒ v0.9.0
  [995b91a9] ↑ PlotUtils v0.4.4 ⇒ v0.5.0
  Building Arpack → `~/.julia/packages/Arpack/8rPU/deps/build.log`
┌ Error: Error building `Arpack`: 
│ Exception handling log message: MethodError(print, (IOBuffer(data=UInt8[...], readable=true, writable=true, seekable=true, append=false, size=2, maxsize=Inf, ptr=3, mark=-1), nothing), 0xffffffffffffffff)
│ Exception handling log message: MethodError(print, (IOBuffer(data=UInt8[...], readable=true, writable=true, seekable=true, append=false, size=2, maxsize=Inf, ptr=3, mark=-1), nothing), 0xffffffffffffffff)
│ [ Info: Downloading https://github.com/JuliaLinearAlgebra/ArpackBuilder/releases/download/v3.5.0-0.2.20/ArpackBuilder.x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz to /home/carlo/.julia/packages/Arpack/8rPU/deps/usr/downloads/ArpackBuilder.x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz...
│ ┌ Warning: `wait(t::Task)` is deprecated, use `fetch(t)` instead.
│ │   caller = macro expansion at OutputCollector.jl:63 [inlined]
│ └ @ Core OutputCollector.jl:63
│ ┌ Warning: `wait(t::Task)` is deprecated, use `fetch(t)` instead.
│ │   caller = wait(::OutputCollector) at OutputCollector.jl:158
│ └ @ BinaryProvider OutputCollector.jl:158
│ ┌ Warning: `wait(t::Task)` is deprecated, use `fetch(t)` instead.
│ │   caller = wait(::OutputCollector) at OutputCollector.jl:159
│ └ @ BinaryProvider OutputCollector.jl:159
│ ┌ Warning: `wait(t::Task)` is deprecated, use `fetch(t)` instead.
│ │   caller = wait(::OutputCollector) at OutputCollector.jl:163
│ └ @ BinaryProvider OutputCollector.jl:163
│ ERROR: LoadError: LibraryProduct(nothing, ["libarpack"], :libarpack, "Prefix(/home/carlo/.julia/packages/Arpack/8rPU/deps/usr)") is not satisfied, cannot generate deps.jl!
│ Stacktrace:
│  [1] error at ./error.jl:33 [inlined]
│  [2] #write_deps_file#134(::Bool, ::Function, ::String, ::Array{LibraryProduct,1}) at /home/carlo/.julia/packages/BinaryProvider/2Hlv/src/Products.jl:389
│  [3] write_deps_file(::String, ::Array{LibraryProduct,1}) at /home/carlo/.julia/packages/BinaryProvider/2Hlv/src/Products.jl:376
│  [4] top-level scope at none:0
│  [5] include at ./boot.jl:317 [inlined]
│  [6] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1075
│  [7] include(::Module, ::String) at ./sysimg.jl:29
│  [8] include(::String) at ./client.jl:393
│  [9] top-level scope at none:0
│ in expression starting at /home/carlo/.julia/packages/Arpack/8rPU/deps/build.jl:40
[11:59:41] ######################################################################## 100,0% 
└ @ Pkg.Operations Operations.jl:973


julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 0.7.0-beta.87
Commit 143748dc5b (2018-06-29 09:09 UTC)
Platform Info:
  OS: Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-6.0.0 (ORCJIT, broadwell)

[andreasnoack]

@dlfivefifty It looks like the build hasn't succeeded. You can try build Arpack but it will probably fail with the same error as @CarloLucibello reports. This issue is a dup of #5