Thanks, Emmanuel, for your reply. I posted a similar question on sage-devel, mentioning that I use an Anaconda Python distribution, to increase my chances of getting help. -James
On Thursday, 28 December 2017 07:49:38 UTC-8, Emmanuel Charpentier wrote: > > You seem to have used a conda installation of Pyhon. this is know to be a > source of problem (see for example this (old) post > <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sage-devel/8BOCNiZmzbs/xbJhc1W9CQAJ>). > > I know that a solution exist, but am unable to retrieve it right now. You > might get a prompter answer by reposting your question with this > information in the post *title* thus inviting people who know the answer to > answer. > > An even better strategy would be to post the same suitably-titled question > on sage-support, which is more relevant to your problem. > > Sorry to not be able to be more helpful... > > -- > Emmanuel Charpentier > > Le jeudi 28 décembre 2017 14:55:21 UTC+1, James Lee a écrit : >> >> Hi All, >> >> I would like help building Sage 8.1 from source on cygwin64/Windows 10. >> The problem seems to be related to downloading "patch-2.7.5.tar.gz" (error >> message below). >> >> This is what I did: >> >> - downloaded sage-8.1.tar.gz from a mirror site listed in >> sagemath.org---I put this on the C drive >> - extracted the tarfile from the cygwin terminal: tar xvf sage-x.y.tar >> .gz >> - changed into the sage-8.1 directory: cd sage-8.1 >> - started the build process: make >> >> This is what I think the relevant part of the output is: >> >> *********************************************** >>> make[1]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/sage-8.1/build/make' >>> make base >>> make[2]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/sage-8.1/build/make' >>> sage-logger -p 'sage-spkg patch-2.7.5' >>> '/cygdrive/c/sage-8.1/logs/pkgs/patch-2.7.5.log' >>> [patch-2.7.5] Found local metadata for patch-2.7.5 >>> [patch-2.7.5] C:\Anaconda3\python.exe: can't open file >>> '/cygdrive/c/sage-8.1/build/bin/sage-download-file': [Errno 2] No such file >>> or directory >>> [patch-2.7.5] >>> ************************************************************************ >>> [patch-2.7.5] Error downloading patch-2.7.5.tar.gz >>> [patch-2.7.5] >>> ************************************************************************ >>> [patch-2.7.5] Please email sage-devel ( >>> http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel ) >>> [patch-2.7.5] explaining the problem and including the log file >>> [patch-2.7.5] /cygdrive/c/sage-8.1/logs/pkgs/patch-2.7.5.log >>> [patch-2.7.5] Describe your computer, operating system, etc. >>> [patch-2.7.5] >>> ************************************************************************ >>> make[2]: *** [Makefile:2369: >>> /cygdrive/c/sage-8.1/local/var/lib/sage/installed/patch-2.7.5] Error 1 >>> make[2]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/sage-8.1/build/make' >>> make[1]: *** [Makefile:817: all-toolchain] Error 2 >>> make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/sage-8.1/build/make' >>> >>> real 0m2.881s >>> user 0m0.286s >>> sys 0m0.605s >>> *************************************************************** >>> Error building Sage. >>> >>> The following package(s) may have failed to build (not necessarily >>> during this run of 'make all'): >>> >>> * package: patch-2.7.5 >>> log file: /cygdrive/c/sage-8.1/logs/pkgs/patch-2.7.5.log >>> build directory: >>> /cygdrive/c/sage-8.1/local/var/tmp/sage/build/patch-2.7.5 >>> >>> The build directory may contain configuration files and other potentially >>> helpful information. WARNING: if you now run 'make' again, the build >>> directory will, by default, be deleted. Set the environment variable >>> SAGE_KEEP_BUILT_SPKGS to 'yes' to prevent this. >>> >>> make: *** [Makefile:18: all] Error 1 >>> >> >> Any suggestions to get past this problem would be greatly appreciated. >> Many thanks in advance. >> >> James >> > -- 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.
