Hi
Solution to the Sagemath PPA upgrades to 5.4 via update-manager which does
not read $HOME=/root/ correctly, and so
1) fails to configure the package and 2) possibly writes files owned by
root into the user's .sage.
The Sagemath PPA has been updated to 5.4ubuntu1, which does not present the
problem with update-manager installations.
Future upgrades from 5.1 to 5.4ubuntu1 should work as expected.
However, installations which were already upgraded from 5.1 to 5.4 with the
PPA can only be fixed by running this in a terminal to fix the package
manager:
sudo dpkg --configure sagemath-upstream-binary
Update manager will then continue to pull the new 5.4ubuntu1 and that
should work.
If problems persist due to sage startup showing permission errors, then run
this as the user:
sudo mv /home/`whoami`/.sage/tmp{.,broken-permissions}
Regards,
Jan
On 15 November 2012 01:20, JJS137 <john.spit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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> 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%%
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>>>> (Reading database ... 50%%
>>>> (Reading database ... 55%%
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>>>> (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-**0ub**untu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
>>>> Unpacking replacement libav-tools ...
>>>> Preparing to replace libpostproc52 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using
>>>> .../libpostproc52_4%%3a0.8.4-**0**ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
>>>> Unpacking replacement libpostproc52 ...
>>>> Preparing to replace libavfilter2 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using
>>>> .../libavfilter2_4%%3a0.8.4-**0u**buntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
>>>> Unpacking replacement libavfilter2 ...
>>>> Preparing to replace libswscale2 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using
>>>> .../libswscale2_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ub**untu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
>>>> Unpacking replacement libswscale2 ...
>>>> Preparing to replace libavdevice53 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using
>>>> .../libavdevice53_4%%3a0.8.4-**0**ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
>>>> Unpacking replacement libavdevice53 ...
>>>> Preparing to replace libavformat53 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using
>>>> .../libavformat53_4%%3a0.8.4-**0**ubuntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
>>>> Unpacking replacement libavformat53 ...
>>>> Preparing to replace libavcodec53 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using
>>>> .../libavcodec53_4%%3a0.8.4-**0u**buntu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
>>>> Unpacking replacement libavcodec53 ...
>>>> Preparing to replace libavutil51 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 (using
>>>> .../libavutil51_4%%3a0.8.4-**0ub**untu0.12.04.1_i386.deb) ...
>>>> Unpacking replacement libavutil51 ...
>>>> Preparing to replace libproxy1-plugin-**networkmanage**r
>>>> 0.4.7-0ubuntu4 (using .../libproxy1-plugin-**networkma**
>>>> nager_0.4.7-0ubuntu4.**1_i386.**deb) ...
>>>> Unpacking replacement libproxy1-plugin-**networkmanage**r ...
>>>> 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-**0ubu**ntu4.1_all.deb) ...
>>>> Unpacking replacement python-libproxy ...
>>>> Processing triggers for man-db ...
>>>> Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
>>>> Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.**i**ndex...
>>>> 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-**networkmanage**r (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/**sa**ge-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/**sa**ge-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?
>>>>
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