On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 6:30 AM, prof <paulo.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Here is the complete procedure/output:
>
> prof:~$ cd /Applications/sage-3.4/
> prof:/Applications/sage-3.4$ ./sage
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> | Sage Version 3.4, Release Date: 2009-03-11 |
> | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. |
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> sage: maxima('3+4')
What happens if you type
sage: !maxima
?
William
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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
> >
>
--
William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org
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