[sage-support] Fwd: [sage-support] Re: install_package('polymake-2.2.p4') fails

2008-04-01 Thread William Stein
-- Forwarded message -- From: Rekha Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [sage-support] Re: install_package('polymake-2.2.p4') fails To: William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: sage-support@googlegroups.com Hi -

[sage-support] Re: install_package('polymake-2.2.p4') fails

2008-04-01 Thread Marshall Hampton
I'm a little confused by that - isn't that the same as solving a linear programming problem? Anyway, I think the answer is yes. cddlib includes a linear programming solver, but I have not used it directly. I have no idea how it compares to cvxopt in speed - I expect that cvxopt is faster for mos

[sage-support] Re: install_package('polymake-2.2.p4') fails

2008-03-31 Thread William Stein
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Marshall Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > What do you want to do with polymake? I've been working on > interfacing to cddlib, which does most of the heavy lifting for > polymake for things I care about. Because my interface does > everything

[sage-support] Re: install_package('polymake-2.2.p4') fails

2008-03-31 Thread Marshall Hampton
Hello, What do you want to do with polymake? I've been working on interfacing to cddlib, which does most of the heavy lifting for polymake for things I care about. Because my interface does everything I need, I've stopped installing the polymake package anymore. But if you describe what functi

[sage-support] Re: install_package('polymake-2.2.p4') fails

2008-03-31 Thread shreevatsa
Hello, Any update on this issue? (The issue is: The optional package polymake successfully gets compiled and installed, but then does not work, failing with some Perl errors. This is on OS X 10.4.) I have not tried it with Sage 2.11, should I try? (Has something changed, that is.) Could someone

[sage-support] Re: install_package('polymake-2.2.p4') fails

2008-03-23 Thread shreevatsa
On Mar 22, 6:26 pm, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] dortmund.de> wrote: > On Mar 22, 10:06 pm, shreevatsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 22, 3:46 pm, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > shreevatsa wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > I tried to install_package('polymake-2.2.p4'), and it failed to bu