Thanks to all who helped yesterday, M&S in particular. Using sudo aptitude install build-essential (instead of apt-get or synaptic manager) downgraded the gcc and libraries to 4.4.1-4ubuntu8 so the dependencies all worked. Then gfortran came in without a hitch and Sage is running from a pre-compiled binary.
Thank you all again. Sage on. (Is there a way to mark this thread as solved?) --kitz On Jan 31, 5:37 pm, kitz <kmphi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you William (Dr. Stein?) > > I seem to have a particular snag here. Not sure why. > > k...@bart:~$ sudo apt-get install gfortran > [sudo] password for kitz: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > gfortran: Depends: gfortran-4.4 (>= 4.4.1-1) but it is not going to > be installed > E: Broken packages > k...@bart:~$ > > When I try to install gfortran-4.4 I get another Broken packages > result. > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > gfortran-4.4: Depends: gcc-4.4-base (= 4.4.1-4ubuntu8) but > 4.4.1-4ubuntu9 is to be installed > Depends: gcc-4.4 (= 4.4.1-4ubuntu8) but 4.4.1-4ubuntu9 > is to be installed > Depends: libgfortran3 (>= 4.4.1-4ubuntu8) but it is > not going to be installed > E: Broken packages > > So it seems I am in a loop. > > Glad to know it works for your systems...I would like to have installs > predictable (easy) for teaching purposes. > > --kitz > > On Jan 31, 3:40 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 1/31/10, kitz <kmphi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > The old ubuntu apt-get packages are broken (I would help if I knew > > > how...if I can donate time am happy to do so, but would need > > > instruction as will be evident from my problem.) > > > > The gfortran packages are also broken on Ubuntu repositories. > > > apt-get install gfortran > > > Works fine for me on all my (many!) ubuntu 9.10 installs. > > > > Downloaded sage-4.3.1-linux-Ubuntu_9.10-x86_64-Linux.tar.lzma from JMU- > > > VA. Checked md5sum. Unpacked to home folder. Renamed to sage. From > > > terminal ./sage gives error: > > > > k...@bart:~/sage$ ./sage > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > | Sage Version 4.3.1, Release Date: 2010-01-20 | > > > | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. | > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > /home/kitz/sage/local/bin/python: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected > > > (expecting ")") > > > k...@bart:~/sage$ > > > > So I can not run Sage at all. Thanks for any guidance. > > > > kitz > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > -- > > William Stein > > Associate Professor of Mathematics > > University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org -- 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
