Renaming .sage/ .sage-backup/ seems to have done the trick. Thank you.
Best regards,
Graham
On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:49:03 PM UTC-8, Jan Groenewald wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Yes, this is a problem peculiar to update-manager installs. (It does not
> happen with command line installs). We are busy testing a fix and expect it
> to be uploaded in a day or two.
>
> In the meantime, a more generic fix for everyone is
>
> sudo mv /home/`whoami`/.sage/tmp{.broken-permissions}
>
> Regards,
> Jan
>
>
>
> On 14 November 2012 22:23, Kannappan Sampath <kntr...@gmail.com<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> Dear grshutt,
>>
>> Could you run the Sage with sudo permissions? Also, I had more or less
>> the same problem, if your answer to the previous question is yes. I was
>> suggested that I move .sage to .sage.backup and it worked like a charm.
>>
>> I think the following is a cleaner solution (quoting Jan's tip in the
>> message thread I started):
>>
>> >Hi KnS,
>>
>> >Please stop sage, try this command
>>
>> >sudo mv /home/knsam/.sage/tmp{.broken-permissions}
>>
>> >And try run sage again.
>>
>> >Regards,
>> >Jan
>>
>> Hope one of the solutions work for you...
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:42 AM, grshutt <grs...@gmail.com
>> <javascript:>>wrote:
>>
>>> I, too, have encountered two problems installing Sage 5.4.
>>>
>>> Here's the output from uname -a:
>>>
>>> Linux defoe 2.6.33.3.emp4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 22 08:56:49 EDT 2010
>>> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> Distribution:
>>>
>>> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
>>>
>>> 1. After installing Sage 5.4 via the Update Manager and starting the
>>> application from the command line I received an error message ending:
>>>
>>> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
>>> '/home/grshutt/.sage/tmp/defoe/7064'
>>> Error importing ipy_profile_sage - perhaps you should run %upgrade?
>>> WARNING: Loading of ipy_profile_sage failed.
>>>
>>> 2. Next, I compiled Sage 5.4 from source and received an error message
>>> ending:
>>>
>>> Testing that Sage starts...
>>> [2012-11-14 02:38:02] Sage version 5.4, released 2012-11-09
>>> Yes, Sage starts.
>>> spkg/pipestatus "./sage --docbuild --no-pdf-links all html 2>&1" "tee
>>> -a dochtml.log"
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> File "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/devel/sage/doc/common/builder.py", line
>>> 12, in <module>
>>> from sage.misc.misc import sage_makedirs as mkdir
>>> File
>>> "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/misc.py",
>>>
>>> line 141, in <module>
>>> sage_makedirs(SAGE_TMP)
>>> File
>>> "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/misc.py",
>>>
>>> line 76, in sage_makedirs
>>> os.makedirs(dir)
>>> File "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python/os.py", line 157, in
>>> makedirs
>>> mkdir(name, mode)
>>> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
>>> '/home/grshutt/.sage/tmp/defoe/31451'
>>> Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> File "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python/atexit.py", line 24, in
>>> _run_exitfuncs
>>> func(*targs, **kargs)
>>> File
>>> "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/temporary_file.py",
>>>
>>> line 48, in delete_tmpfiles
>>> from sage.misc.misc import SAGE_TMP
>>> File
>>> "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/misc.py",
>>>
>>> line 141, in <module>
>>> sage_makedirs(SAGE_TMP)
>>> File
>>> "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/misc.py",
>>>
>>> line 76, in sage_makedirs
>>> os.makedirs(dir)
>>> File "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python/os.py", line 157, in
>>> makedirs
>>> mkdir(name, mode)
>>> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
>>> '/home/grshutt/.sage/tmp/defoe/31451'
>>> Error in sys.exitfunc:
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> File "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python/atexit.py", line 24, in
>>> _run_exitfuncs
>>> func(*targs, **kargs)
>>> File
>>> "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/temporary_file.py",
>>>
>>> line 48, in delete_tmpfiles
>>> from sage.misc.misc import SAGE_TMP
>>> File
>>> "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/misc.py",
>>>
>>> line 141, in <module>
>>> sage_makedirs(SAGE_TMP)
>>> File
>>> "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/misc.py",
>>>
>>> line 76, in sage_makedirs
>>> os.makedirs(dir)
>>> File "/home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python/os.py", line 157, in
>>> makedirs
>>> mkdir(name, mode)
>>> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
>>> '/home/grshutt/.sage/tmp/defoe/31451'
>>> make: *** [doc-html] Error 1
>>>
>>> Curious, I again started Sage from the command line and received the
>>> following error message, which is similar to the message I received after
>>> installing Sage from the Update Manager and starting the application from
>>> the command line:
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> | Sage Version 5.4, Release Date: 2012-11-09 |
>>> | Type "notebook()" for the browser-based notebook interface. |
>>> | Type "help()" for help. |
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ERROR: An unexpected error occurred while tokenizing input
>>> The following traceback may be corrupted or invalid
>>> The error message is: ('EOF in multi-line statement', (179, 0))
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> OSError Traceback (most recent call
>>> last)
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/<string> in <module>()
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/preparser_ipython.py
>>>
>>> in <module>()
>>> 6
>>> ###########################################################################
>>> 7
>>> ----> 8 import sage.misc.interpreter
>>> 9
>>> 10 import preparser
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/interpreter.py
>>>
>>> in <module>()
>>> 103
>>> 104 import os
>>> --> 105 import log
>>> 106 import re
>>> 107
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/log.py
>>> in <module>()
>>> 64 import interpreter
>>> 65 import latex
>>> ---> 66 import misc
>>> 67
>>> 68 from sage.misc.viewer import browser, dvi_viewer
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/misc.py
>>> in <module>()
>>> 139
>>> 140 SAGE_TMP = os.path.join(DOT_SAGE, 'tmp', HOSTNAME,
>>> str(os.getpid()))
>>> --> 141 sage_makedirs(SAGE_TMP)
>>> 142
>>> 143 SPYX_TMP = os.path.join(SAGE_TMP, 'spyx')
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/misc.py
>>> in sage_makedirs(dir)
>>> 74 """
>>> 75 try:
>>> ---> 76 os.makedirs(dir)
>>> 77 except OSError:
>>> 78 if not os.path.isdir(dir):
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python/os.pyc in makedirs(name, mode)
>>> 155 if tail == curdir: # xxx/newdir/. exists if
>>> xxx/newdir exists
>>> 156 return
>>> --> 157 mkdir(name, mode)
>>> 158
>>> 159 def removedirs(name):
>>>
>>> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
>>> '/home/grshutt/.sage/tmp/defoe/7064'
>>> WARNING: Failure executing code: 'import sage.misc.preparser_ipython;
>>> sage.misc.preparser_ipython.magma_colon_equals=True'
>>> ERROR: An unexpected error occurred while tokenizing input
>>> The following traceback may be corrupted or invalid
>>> The error message is: ('EOF in multi-line statement', (179, 0))
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> OSError Traceback (most recent call
>>> last)
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPython/ipmaker.pyc
>>>
>>> in force_import(modname, force_reload)
>>> 61 reload(sys.modules[modname])
>>> 62 else:
>>> ---> 63 __import__(modname)
>>> 64
>>> 65
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/bin/ipy_profile_sage.py in <module>()
>>> 1 import os
>>> 2 if 'SAGE_CLEAN' not in os.environ:
>>> ----> 3 import sage.misc.misc
>>> 4 from sage.misc.interpreter import preparser, _ip
>>> 5 preparser(True)
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/misc.py
>>> in <module>()
>>> 139
>>> 140 SAGE_TMP = os.path.join(DOT_SAGE, 'tmp', HOSTNAME,
>>> str(os.getpid()))
>>> --> 141 sage_makedirs(SAGE_TMP)
>>> 142
>>> 143 SPYX_TMP = os.path.join(SAGE_TMP, 'spyx')
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/misc/misc.py
>>> in sage_makedirs(dir)
>>> 74 """
>>> 75 try:
>>> ---> 76 os.makedirs(dir)
>>> 77 except OSError:
>>> 78 if not os.path.isdir(dir):
>>>
>>> /home/grshutt/sage-5.4/local/lib/python/os.pyc in makedirs(name, mode)
>>> 155 if tail == curdir: # xxx/newdir/. exists if
>>> xxx/newdir exists
>>> 156 return
>>> --> 157 mkdir(name, mode)
>>> 158
>>> 159 def removedirs(name):
>>>
>>> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
>>> '/home/grshutt/.sage/tmp/defoe/7064'
>>> Error importing ipy_profile_sage - perhaps you should run %upgrade?
>>> WARNING: Loading of ipy_profile_sage failed.
>>>
>>> <ERROR: name 'sage_prompt' is not defined>
>>>
>>> I hope this information proves useful in correcting the problem.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
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