Have sorted out most of the problem here. (a) Installation time for 7.0 only 7 minutes not 30, sorry (went for a cup of tea);
(b) Solution to installing database_gap is to the save the compiled version in my own tar file and reinstall in the next version from there. Works OK on test. As I use several more GAP packages, all are now installed in a single tar file and I expect future installations to be suitably rapid. Graham On Wednesday, 3 February 2016 17:43:33 UTC, Graham Gerrard wrote: > > Recent installation of Linux binaries on Ubuntu now takes much longer than > a few versions ago. Binary unpacks, no problem. After linking to the new > version in /usr/local/bin, the first run of sage initiates a large amount > of time consuming checking and updating, used to be a minute or 2, now at > least 30. All OK, after a suitable wait. > > Installation of an additional package (in my case, database_gap) using > "sage -i database_gap", initiates another automated collection of (>500) > steps, which eventually results in a successfully install. Similar wait. > Again successful. > > I can install a similar gap database by unpacking an older version, e.g. > database_gap-4.7.7.tar.bz2 and copying the bits into the right place in the > GAP directory. Very much quicker (and seems to work). > > Is this longer installation time to be expected in the future? Am I doing > something wrong? > > Graham > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
