This is https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/26996
The workaround, for Linux, is to install your system's gfortran package. This is fixed by https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/27016, which has been awaiting review for 5 weeks. This seems to be becoming a frequent issue. It would also be good, of course, to list gfortran in the list of dependencies to install for Linux, as in: https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/27054 On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 10:08 PM Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What is the name of Fortran executable? > If it is not gfortran then you need to specify it to configure as > > ./configure FC=gfortran7 > (or whatever it is) > and run it before running make > > > > > > On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 18:42 Andreas Hermann <aherman...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to build Sage 8.6 under OpenSuse Leap 42.3 and I get the >> following error message: >> >> [gfortran-7.2.0] Copying package files from temporary location >> /home/andreas/sage/sage-8.6/local/var/tmp/sage/build/gfortran-7.2.0/inst to >> /home/andreas/sage/sage-8.6/local >> [gfortran-7.2.0] cp: cannot overwrite non-directory >> '/home/andreas/sage/sage-8.6/local/./lib64' with directory >> '/home/andreas/sage/sage-8.6/local/var/tmp/sage/build/gfortran-7.2.0/inst/home/andreas/sage/sage-8.6/local/./lib64' >> [gfortran-7.2.0] >> ************************************************************************ >> [gfortran-7.2.0] Error copying files for gfortran-7.2.0. >> [gfortran-7.2.0] >> ************************************************************************ >> [gfortran-7.2.0] Please email sage-devel >> (http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel) >> [gfortran-7.2.0] explaining the problem and including the log file >> [gfortran-7.2.0] /home/andreas/sage/sage-8.6/logs/pkgs/gfortran-7.2.0.log >> [gfortran-7.2.0] Describe your computer, operating system, etc. >> >> I have already installed gcc-fortran from the OpenSuse repository but this >> does not solve the problem. >> I will appreciate any help. If you need more information I can send you the >> log file (it is too big to be posted here). >> >> >> Andreas >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.