Hi Jan, It worked like a charm! jjs@jjs-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --configure sagemath-upstream-binary [sudo] password for jjs: Setting up sagemath-upstream-binary (5.4) ... Removing previous path, rm -rf /usr/lib/sage (new path /usr/lib/sagemath) Running Sage once as root to set paths ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Sage Version 5.4, Release Date: 2012-11-09 | | Type "notebook()" for the browser-based notebook interface. | | Type "help()" for help. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sage installation tree may have moved (from /var/lib/buildbot/build/sage/arando-1/arando_binary/build/sage-5.4 to /usr/lib/sagemath). Changing various hardcoded paths... (Please wait at most a few minutes.) DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS. Done resetting paths. sage: Exiting Sage (CPU time 0m0.07s, Wall time 0m0.31s). Exiting spawned Gap process. Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place jjs@jjs-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. jjs@jjs-laptop:~$
Many Thanks, Cheers, John On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 3:05:53 PM UTC+11, Jan Groenewald wrote: > > Hi John, > > On 14 November 2012 01:01, JJS137 <john.s...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hi Jan, >> Thanks for the prompt response. The output to your command was: >> >> jjs@jjs-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure sagemath-upstream-binary >> [sudo] password for jjs: >> /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: sagemath-upstream-binary is broken or not >> fully installed >> jjs@jjs-laptop:~$ >> > > OK, I think in this case that should have been: > > sudo dpkg --configure sagemath-upstream-binary > > and perhaps even (which might not be necessary but can't hurt) > > sudo apt-get -f install > > Regards, > Jan > > -- > .~. > /V\ Jan Groenewald > /( )\ www.aims.ac.za > ^^-^^ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en.
