As a non-privileged user, I used: $ ./configure --prefix=/path/to/sage-6.9 # I'm not convinced that the prefix does anything... $ make -j4
$ uname -a Linux frost 3.2.0-79-generic #115-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 12 14:18:19 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS" Here are the parts of the log file that I think are relevant, with a little extra context: checking for iconv... yes checking for iconv declaration... install-shextern size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, char * *outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft); configure: updating cache ./config.cache configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating config.h config.status: executing depdir commands mkdir -p -- .deps make[5]: Leaving directory `/programs/application_downloads/sage-6.9/local/var/tmp/sage/build/gcc-4.9.2.p1/gcc-build' make[4]: *** [stage1-bubble] Error 2 make[4]: Leaving directory `/programs/application_downloads/sage-6.9/local/var/tmp/sage/build/gcc-4.9.2.p1/gcc-build' make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/programs/application_downloads/sage-6.9/local/var/tmp/sage/build/gcc-4.9.2.p1/gcc-build' real 1m29.580s user 0m52.499s sys 0m21.645s ************************************************************************ Error installing package gcc-4.9.2.p1 ************************************************************************ Please email sage-devel (http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel) explaining the problem and including the relevant part of the log file /programs/application_downloads/sage-6.9/logs/pkgs/gcc-4.9.2.p1.log Describe your computer, operating system, etc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.