diff --git a/armadillo-2.4.3.tar.gz b/armadillo-2.4.3.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 0510714..0000000
--- a/armadillo-2.4.3.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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-oid sha256:490cc3768099c6ce4bd16b1a039cd9149b4ccca28a4a188f293721264194fa04
-size 2899138
diff --git a/armadillo-3.0.0.tar.gz b/armadillo-3.0.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..484c396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/armadillo-3.0.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:73f81a5c4f8710fb5c92a5ea94cdacdd859f81ad6efef6f50da793a90d4ef5f8
+size 2919039
diff --git a/armadillo.changes b/armadillo.changes
index 644ef2f..87a374c 100644
--- a/armadillo.changes
+++ b/armadillo.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr  9 20:16:36 UTC 2012 - badshah400@gmail.com
+
+- Update to version 3.0.0:
+  + Added non-contiguous submatrix views
+  + Added shorthand for inverse: .i()
+  + Added hist() and histc()
+  + Faster repmat()
+  + Faster handling of submatrix views with one row or column
+  + Faster generation of random numbers
+  + Faster element access in fixed size matrices
+  + Better detection of vector expressions by various functions
+  + Expressions X=A.i()*B and X=inv(A)*B are automatically
+    converted to X=solve(A,B)
+- Rename shared library package to libarmadillo3 in keeping with
+  .so file number change
+- Update baselibs.conf in keeping with changes to the shared
+  library package name.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr  4 06:37:58 UTC 2012 - badshah400@gmail.com
+
+- Update to version 2.4.4:
+  + Fixes for qr() and syl()
+  + More portable wall_clock class
+  + Faster relational operators on submatrices.
+- Update lapack dependencies in keeping with lapack changes in
+  devel project to fix builds on openSUSE 12.1 and 11.4.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb  7 23:23:50 UTC 2012 - badshah400@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/armadillo.spec b/armadillo.spec
index 5f66c98..fed9801 100644
--- a/armadillo.spec
+++ b/armadillo.spec
@@ -16,21 +16,20 @@
 #
 
 
-
 Name:           armadillo
-Version:        2.4.3
-Release:        1
-License:        LGPL-3.0+
+Version:        3.0.0
+Release:        0
 Summary:        Fast C++ matrix library with interfaces to LAPACK and ATLAS
-Url:            http://arma.sourceforge.net/
+License:        LGPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
+Url:            http://arma.sourceforge.net/
 Source:         http://sourceforge.net/projects/arma/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
-BuildRequires:  blas
+BuildRequires:  blas-devel
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  lapack
+BuildRequires:  lapack-devel
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -48,11 +47,11 @@ This library is useful if C++ has been decided as the language
 of choice (due to speed and/or integration capabilities), rather
 than another language like Matlab or Octave.
 
-%package -n libarmadillo2
+%package -n libarmadillo3
 Summary:        Shared libraries for armadillo
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 
-%description -n libarmadillo2
+%description -n libarmadillo3
 Armadillo is a C++ linear algebra library (matrix maths)
 aiming towards a good balance between speed and ease of use.
 Integer, floating point and complex numbers are supported,
@@ -72,10 +71,10 @@ This package provides the shared libraries for armadillo.
 %package devel
 Summary:        Development headers and documentation for the Armadillo C++ library
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Requires:       blas
+Requires:       blas-devel
 Requires:       boost-devel
-Requires:       lapack
-Requires:       libarmadillo2 = %{version}
+Requires:       lapack-devel
+Requires:       libarmadillo3 = %{version}
 Requires:       libstdc++-devel
 
 %description devel
@@ -116,11 +115,11 @@ rm -rf examples/example1_win32
 rm -rf examples/example2_win32
 rm -rf examples/lib_win32
 
-%post -n libarmadillo2 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post -n libarmadillo3 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%postun -n libarmadillo2 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libarmadillo3 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%files -n libarmadillo2
+%files -n libarmadillo3
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/*.so.*
 %doc LICENSE.txt licenses
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ rm -rf examples/lib_win32
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 %{_includedir}/armadillo
 %{_includedir}/armadillo_bits/
-%{_includedir}/armadillo_itpp
 %{_datadir}/Armadillo/
 %doc README.txt index.html examples/ docs/
 
diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index 2301f83..3c46ed8 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libarmadillo2
+libarmadillo3
 armadillo-devel
 	requires -armadillo-<targettype>
-	requires "libarmadillo2-<targettype> = <version>"
+	requires "libarmadillo3-<targettype> = <version>"