Hi Michael,
Here is the complete procedure/output:
prof:~$ cd /Applications/sage-3.4/
prof:/Applications/sage-3.4$ ./sage
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| Sage Version 3.4, Release Date: 2009-03-11 |
| Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. |
----------------------------------------------------------------------
sage: maxima('3+4')
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError Traceback (most recent call
last)
/Applications/sage-3.4/<ipython console> in <module>()
/Applications/sage-3.4/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/
interfaces/expect.pyc in __call__(self, x, name)
1000 return x
1001 if isinstance(x, basestring):
-> 1002 return cls(self, x, name=name)
1003 try:
1004 return self._coerce_from_special_method(x)
/Applications/sage-3.4/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/sage/
interfaces/expect.pyc in __init__(self, parent, value, is_name, name)
1375 except (TypeError, KeyboardInterrupt,
RuntimeError, ValueError), x:
1376 self._session_number = -1
-> 1377 raise TypeError, x
1378 self._session_number = parent._session_number
1379
TypeError: Unable to start maxima
sage:
On Apr 24, 10:10 am, mabshoff <mabsh...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 24, 5:43 am, prof wrote:
>
> > Hello,
>
> Hi,
>
> > I have installed Sage as root on iMac/Leopard 10.5.6 from sources
> > using the normal procedure (tar, make, make test...). Everything looks
> > ok. Sage was installed on /Applications/sage-3.4/. Using Sage as a
> > normal user at Terminal:
> > cd /Applications/sage-3.4
> > ./sage
>
> > OK! But... the command sage:maxima('3 + 4') gives several lines of
> > error. The last line:
> > TypeError: Unable to start maxima
>
> Well, can you post the rest?
>
> > Everything is ok if I run this command as root. This looks like a
> > permission problem. Any light ?
>
> Hmm, have you used Maxima before installing Sage? In that case check
No, I have not used Maxima before.
> for .maxima folder or something similar in the non-root user home
> directory and rename them to get them out of the way. Another thing:
> check for files or directories with non-7 bit ASCII names and move
> them out of that users directory. It is an odd interaction between
> clisp and the LANG env we set in Sage.
>
> If that doesn't fix it I am not sure where to look next.
>
> Can you start clisp, i.e. does !clisp work from Sage?
>
> > Thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael
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