Hi Jan, You were correct - the launcher problem went away following my reboot this morning. Many Thanks for your assistance! Cheers, John
On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:24:25 PM UTC+11, Jan Groenewald wrote: > > Hi John, > > I'm guessing whatever launcher problem you have will go away > once you've rebooted. > > Regards, > Jan > > > On 14 November 2012 07:19, JJS137 <john.s...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hi Jan, >> I ran the second command but it did not find anything to do. The Launcher >> had some issue because the first command actually started Sage in my >> browser (Firefox). That instance worked fine. The launcher still has a >> problem, but the sign in page is presented when using the standard URL. >> Many Thanks, >> John >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:55:29 AM UTC+11, JJS137 wrote: >>> >>> The Sage 5.4 installation on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS using Update Manager fails >>> with the following messages: >>> >>> installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... >>> (Reading database ... 5%% >>> (Reading database ... 10%% >>> (Reading database ... 15%% >>> (Reading database ... 20%% >>> (Reading database ... 25%% >>> (Reading database ... 30%% >>> (Reading database ... 35%% >>> (Reading database ... 40%% >>> (Reading database ... 45%% >>> (Reading database ... 50%% >>> (Reading database ... 55%% >>> (Reading database ... 60%% >>> (Reading database ... 65%% >>> (Reading database ... 70%% >>> (Reading database ... 75%% >>> (Reading database ... 80%% >>> (Reading database ... 85%% >>> (Reading database ... 90%% >>> (Reading database ... 95%% >>> (Reading database ... 100%% >>> (Reading database ... 717630 files and directories currently installed.) >>> Preparing to replace libav-tools 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using >>> .../libav-tools_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libav-tools ... >>> Preparing to replace libpostproc52 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using >>> .../libpostproc52_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libpostproc52 ... >>> Preparing to replace libavfilter2 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using >>> .../libavfilter2_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libavfilter2 ... >>> Preparing to replace libswscale2 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using >>> .../libswscale2_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libswscale2 ... >>> Preparing to replace libavdevice53 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using >>> .../libavdevice53_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libavdevice53 ... >>> Preparing to replace libavformat53 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using >>> .../libavformat53_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libavformat53 ... >>> Preparing to replace libavcodec53 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using >>> .../libavcodec53_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libavcodec53 ... >>> Preparing to replace libavutil51 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using >>> .../libavutil51_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libavutil51 ... >>> Preparing to replace libproxy1-plugin-**networkmanager 0.4.7-0ubuntu4 >>> (using .../libproxy1-plugin-**networkmanager_0.4.7-0ubuntu4.**1_i386.deb) >>> ... >>> Unpacking replacement libproxy1-plugin-**networkmanager ... >>> Preparing to replace libproxy1-plugin-gsettings 0.4.7-0ubuntu4 (using >>> .../libproxy1-plugin-**gsettings_0.4.7-0ubuntu4.1_**i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libproxy1-plugin-gsettings ... >>> Preparing to replace libproxy1 0.4.7-0ubuntu4 (using >>> .../libproxy1_0.4.7-0ubuntu4.**1_i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement libproxy1 ... >>> Preparing to replace ffmpeg 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using >>> .../ffmpeg_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ubuntu0.12.04.1_all.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement ffmpeg ... >>> Preparing to replace sagemath-upstream-binary 5.1 (using >>> .../sagemath-upstream-binary_**5.4_i386.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement sagemath-upstream-binary ... >>> Preparing to replace python-libproxy 0.4.7-0ubuntu4 (using >>> .../python-libproxy_0.4.7-**0ubuntu4.1_all.deb) ... >>> Unpacking replacement python-libproxy ... >>> Processing triggers for man-db ... >>> Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... >>> Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.**index... >>> Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... >>> Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... >>> Setting up libavutil51 (4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ... >>> Setting up libavcodec53 (4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ... >>> Setting up libavformat53 (4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ... >>> Setting up libavdevice53 (4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ... >>> Setting up libswscale2 (4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ... >>> Setting up libavfilter2 (4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ... >>> Setting up libpostproc52 (4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ... >>> Setting up libav-tools (4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ... >>> Setting up libproxy1 (0.4.7-0ubuntu4.1) ... >>> Setting up libproxy1-plugin-**networkmanager (0.4.7-0ubuntu4.1) ... >>> Setting up libproxy1-plugin-gsettings (0.4.7-0ubuntu4.1) ... >>> Setting up ffmpeg (4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) ... >>> 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 >>> Error: environment variable $HOME is not set. >>> Error setting environment variables by sourcing >>> '/usr/lib/sagemath/spkg/bin/**sage-env'; >>> possibly contact sage-devel (see http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/sage-devel <http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel>). >>> dpkg: error processing sagemath-upstream-binary (--configure): >>> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit >>> status 1 >>> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already >>> Setting up python-libproxy (0.4.7-0ubuntu4.1) ... >>> Processing triggers for libc-bin ... >>> ldconfig deferred processing now taking place >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> sagemath-upstream-binary >>> Error in function: >>> SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >>> 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 >>> Error: environment variable $HOME is not set. >>> Error setting environment variables by sourcing >>> '/usr/lib/sagemath/spkg/bin/**sage-env'; >>> possibly contact sage-devel (see http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/sage-devel <http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel>). >>> dpkg: error processing sagemath-upstream-binary (--configure): >>> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit >>> status 1 >>> >>> Is there a work around or fix for this problem? >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sage-support" group. >> To post to this group, send email to sage-s...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> sage-support...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en. >> >> >> > > > > -- > .~. > /V\ Jan Groenewald > /( )\ www.aims.ac.za > ^^-^^ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. 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