[R] Something broken with update?

[v.demart@libero.it]

Updating my 1.8.0 R installation (>update.packages() ) I obtain the following
(SORRY FOR THE LENGTH OF THE LOG BUT IT HELPS!!!):

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downloaded 135Kb

KernSmooth :
 Version 2.22-11 in /usr/lib/R/library 
 Version 2.22-12 on CRAN
Update (y/N)?  y
mgcv :
 Version 0.9-3.1 in /usr/lib/R/library 
 Version 0.9-6 on CRAN
Update (y/N)?  y
trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/KernSmooth_2.22-12.tar.gz'
Content type `application/x-tar' length 24752 bytes
opened URL
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downloaded 24Kb

trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/mgcv_0.9-6.tar.gz'
Content type `application/x-tar' length 181022 bytes
opened URL
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downloaded 176Kb

* Installing *source* package 'KernSmooth' ...
** libs
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c blkest.f -o blkest.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c cp.f -o cp.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c dgedi.f -o dgedi.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c dgefa.f -o dgefa.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c dgesl.f -o dgesl.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c linbin2D.f -o linbin2D.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c linbin.f -o linbin.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c locpoly.f -o locpoly.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c rlbin.f -o rlbin.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c sdiag.f -o sdiag.o
g77 -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c sstdiag.f -o sstdiag.o
gcc -shared  -o KernSmooth.so blkest.o cp.o dgedi.o dgefa.o dgesl.o linbin2D.o
linbin.o locpoly.o rlbin.o sdiag.o sstdiag.o -lf77blas -latlas
-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.2/../../..
-lfrtbegin -lg2c-pic -lm -lgcc_s -L/usr/lib/R/bin -lR
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lf77blas
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [KernSmooth.so] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'KernSmooth'
** Removing '/usr/lib/R/library/KernSmooth'
** Restoring previous '/usr/lib/R/library/KernSmooth'
* Installing *source* package 'mgcv' ...
** libs
gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c gcv.c
-o gcv.o
gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c
magic.c -o magic.o
gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c mat.c
-o mat.o
gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c
matrix.c -o matrix.o
gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c
mgcv.c -o mgcv.o
gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c qp.c
-o qp.o
gcc -I/usr/lib/R/include   -D__NO_MATH_INLINES -mieee-fp  -fPIC  -g -O2 -c
tprs.c -o tprs.o
gcc -shared  -o mgcv.so gcv.o magic.o mat.o matrix.o mgcv.o qp.o tprs.o
-L/usr/lib/R/bin -lRlapack -lf77blas -latlas -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.2
-L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.2/../../.. -lfrtbegin -lg2c-pic -lm -lgcc_s 
-L/usr/lib/R/bin -lR
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lf77blas
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [mgcv.so] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'mgcv'
** Removing '/usr/lib/R/library/mgcv'
** Restoring previous '/usr/lib/R/library/mgcv'

Delete downloaded files (y/N)? y

Warning messages: 
1: Installation of package KernSmooth had non-zero exit status in:
install.packages(update[, "Package"], instlib, contriburl = contriburl,  
2: Installation of package mgcv had non-zero exit status in:
install.packages(update[, "Package"], instlib, contriburl = contriburl,  
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What's going wrong with these two packages?

Please help

Ciao
Vittorio