Binary archive includes a reference implementation blas library. The unusual ddl directory /usr/lib/lapack/cygblas-0.dll /usr/lib/lapack/cyglapack-0.dll is to allow to create locally optimized lapack and blas libraries, ATLAS (http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/). /usr/bin/cygblas-0.dll /usr/bin/cyglapack-0.dll and to have them in precedence on the PATH