Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 5.0 crashing, is unusable

2012-05-19 Thread Jim Clark
On May 19, 2012, at 7:34 PM, kcrisman wrote: > >> here is a fix: >> in SAGE_ROOT (the directiry where Sage startup script, called sage, is), run >> ./sage -f >> http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/jdemeyer/spkg/mpir-2.4.0.p4.spkg >> this will install a patched MPIR spkg. > > > I get an inte

Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 5.0 crashing, is unusable

2012-05-19 Thread kcrisman
> > > here is a fix: > in SAGE_ROOT (the directiry where Sage startup script, called sage, is), > run > ./sage -f > http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/jdemeyer/spkg/mpir-2.4.0.p4.spkg > this will install a patched MPIR spkg. > > I get an interesting warning when doing this on a similar machi

[sage-support] Re: How do I down Sage?

2012-05-19 Thread Harald Schilly
On Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:51:56 PM UTC+2, Kermit Rose wrote: > > What do I need to know in order to download Sage? > Hi, you need to know your operating system and maybe some details about your hardware architecture. E.g. this is a short guide explaining a bit: http://wiki.sagemath.org/Dow

[sage-support] How do I down Sage?

2012-05-19 Thread Kermit Rose
Hello friends. I came to the sage web page in order to download Sage. I expected to see a link labeled "download", and be done with it. Eventually I found the link to a page that purported to explain how to download. I went there, but still did not see how to download sage. What do I need to

Re: [sage-support] Re: Sage 5.0 crashing, is unusable

2012-05-19 Thread Jim Clark
As original creator of this thread, I followed the process described below. I confirm that the original problem I reported has been resolved; sage 5.0 is now usable for my projects. Thank you Dima and all of the other team members who contributed to this solution! Jim Clark On May 19, 2012, at 6

[sage-support] Re: Sage 5.0 crashing, is unusable

2012-05-19 Thread Dima Pasechnik
here is a fix: in SAGE_ROOT (the directiry where Sage startup script, called sage, is), run ./sage -f http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/jdemeyer/spkg/mpir-2.4.0.p4.spkg this will install a patched MPIR spkg. Then run ./sage -b to rebuild parts of Sage which depend upon MPIR (it takes a while,

Re: [sage-support] Sage-5.0 under solaris 10

2012-05-19 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2012-05-17 21:41, David Kirkby wrote: > On 17 May 2012 16:57, Rob McMahon wrote: > >> Answering my own question: it's this line from >> spkg/build/prereq-1.0/configure{,.ac} >> >> if test "x`file $SAGE_FORTRAN_LIB | grep 32-bit | grep \"dynamic lib\" `" >> = 'x' >> >> Having set my path up t