q wrote: > Thanks for the replies everyone. > > I tried it, and as someone mentioned, the space between eigenvalues > and () doesn't make a difference. > > So I tried updating. I installed the binary distribution, but got the > "Illegal instruction" error at startup. So I tried the > > rm spkg/installed/mpir* spkg/installed/atlas* > make > > as given in the FAQ, but it still didn't work- I still got the > "illegal instruction". So I tried installing from source. I got the > "illegal instruction" error again, tried > > rm spkg/installed/mpir* spkg/installed/atlas* > make > > and again got "illegal instruction." > > So then I thought, I'll just reinstall the 3.05 from Ubuntu's package > manager and install the patch. I deleted (well, I think) all of the > new sage stuff I installed, and reinstalled 3.05. But now when I type > "sage" into the terminal I get "/usr/local/bin/sage: No such file or > directory". > > I have no idea where to go from here. > > I'm using an 8 year old HP with a Pentium 4 CPU, it's 32 bit i686 with > Ubuntu 9.04. > > I'm just going to give up, because doing all this took me many hours, > and I had to learn/try a lot of stuff about working with the command > line that I've never done before. The installation directions are > confusing to someone who doesn't know very much about computers. I > mean, I got Linux installed on my own, but I probably represent the > lower bound in computer knowledge of Linux users. I'm getting a new > computer in 4 months, so I'll just try again then.
Wow, I wish you would have asked for help before going through all of that. Just download the source of Sage, uncompress it, cd into the directory, and type "make". Then wait a few hours (probably 3-4, maybe?). Then you'll have a freshly compiled version. Right now, there are some people that have expressed interest in making a Debian/Ubuntu package of the current Sage, so you'd just add a line to your Software Sources and then install it from the repository. I hope this happens soon. Thanks, Jason -- Jason Grout --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
