For future reference and trivia purposes, Helios could you post the output from versioninfo() ? I'm curious what generation your CPU is that caused the problem.
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 2:19:10 PM UTC-7, Elliot Saba wrote: > > Peter, the "stable" downloads there, are the same as what you get from the > http://julialang.org/downloads page. We just haven't put these "generic > tarball" downloads there yet as we're still ensuring we have all the kinks > worked out in the build process. > > Helios, glad it's working for you now! I'm betting the problem here was > that the target CPU architecture for the Ubuntu builds was "pentium4", > whereas the binary I just gave you was targeted at "i686". I've since made > a change in our ubuntu buildscripts, so hopefully in the future you'll be > able to use the PPA painlessly. > -E > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Helios De Rosario <helios.d...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> helios@ubuntu-pc:~/julia-c03f413bbd/bin$ ~/julia-c03f413bbd/bin/julia >> _ >> _ _ _(_)_ | A fresh approach to technical computing >> (_) | (_) (_) | Documentation: http://docs.julialang.org >> _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "help()" for help. >> | | | | | | |/ _` | | >> | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 0.3.1 (2014-09-21 21:30 UTC) >> _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official http://julialang.org/ release >> |__/ | i386-redhat-linux >> >> julia> println("Hello world!") >> Hello world! >> >> >> Success!! >> >> Many thanks, Elliot. That binary distribution seems to work fine in my >> machine. (My old history file was not compatible, but the error message the >> first time I started this version was helpful enough to work around it.) >> >> Now I can enjoy of updated Julia. :) Thanks again to all the developers >> for it. >> >> Helios >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Elliot Saba <stati...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Hmmmm. Could you try downloading this binary distribution >>> <http://status.julialang.org/stable/linux-i386>, unpacking it, and >>> seeing if it works? It's just a `.tar.gz`, so you can just download it, >>> extract it, and run the julia that's inside the `bin` directory. >>> -E >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Helios De Rosario < >>> helios.d...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Elliot. This is what I have done, with detailed output. I hope it >>>> helps to understand what is happening. (My Ubuntu is in Spanish, but I >>>> hope >>>> that the Spanish output lines are understandable anyway.) >>>> >>>> 1. Install Julia from the PPA repo >>>> >>>> helios@ubuntu-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install julia >>>> Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho >>>> Creando árbol de dependencias >>>> Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho >>>> Los paquetes indicados a continuación se instalaron de forma automática >>>> y ya no son necesarios. >>>> libllvm3.3 linux-headers-3.13.0-24 linux-headers-3.13.0-24-generic >>>> linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-24-generic >>>> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. >>>> Paquetes sugeridos: >>>> ess julia-doc >>>> Se instalarán los siguientes paquetes NUEVOS: >>>> julia >>>> 0 actualizados, 1 se instalarán, 0 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados. >>>> Se necesita descargar 0 B/11,6 MB de archivos. >>>> Se utilizarán 56,2 MB de espacio de disco adicional después de esta >>>> operación. >>>> Seleccionando el paquete julia previamente no seleccionado. >>>> (Leyendo la base de datos ... 248820 ficheros o directorios instalados >>>> actualmente.) >>>> Preparing to unpack .../julia_0.3.1~trusty2_i386.deb ... >>>> Unpacking julia (0.3.1~trusty2) ... >>>> Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... >>>> Configurando julia (0.3.1~trusty2) ... >>>> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.3) ... >>>> >>>> 2. Run Julia normally: >>>> >>>> helios@ubuntu-pc:~$ julia >>>> Instrucción ilegal (`core' generado) >>>> >>>> 3. Run Julia from gdb (thanks for the suggestion): >>>> >>>> helios@ubuntu-pc:~$ gdb julia >>>> GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.7-0ubuntu3.1) 7.7 >>>> Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >>>> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later < >>>> http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> >>>> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. >>>> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show >>>> copying" >>>> and "show warranty" for details. >>>> This GDB was configured as "i686-linux-gnu". >>>> Type "show configuration" for configuration details. >>>> Para las instrucciones de informe de errores, vea: >>>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. >>>> Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: >>>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. >>>> For help, type "help". >>>> Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... >>>> Leyendo símbolos desde julia...hecho. >>>> (gdb) r >>>> Starting program: /usr/bin/julia >>>> [Depuración de hilo usando libthread_db enabled] >>>> Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". >>>> >>>> Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction. >>>> 0xb730f3ba in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> (gdb) bt >>>> #0 0xb730f3ba in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #1 0xb73111fe in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #2 0xb7311407 in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #3 0xb7311c4d in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #4 0xb7311f8e in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #5 0xb73126bf in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #6 0xb731201e in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #7 0xb73126bf in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #8 0xb7312178 in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #9 0xb731281f in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #10 0xb73137e7 in ?? () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #11 0xb72ab662 in jl_init_frontend () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #12 0xb72f38a5 in julia_init () from >>>> /usr/bin/../lib/i386-linux-gnu/julia/libjulia.so >>>> #13 0x08048e76 in main (argc=0, argv=0xbffff298) at repl.c:355 >>>> (gdb) q >>>> Una sesión de depuración está activa. >>>> >>>> Inferior 1 [process 4096] will be killed. >>>> >>>> ¿Salir de cualquier modo? (y o n) y >>>> >>>> >>>> And these are the contents of /proc/cpuinfo: >>>> >>>> processor : 0 >>>> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD >>>> cpu family : 6 >>>> model : 8 >>>> model name : Unknown CPU Type >>>> stepping : 1 >>>> cpu MHz : 1799.769 >>>> cache size : 256 KB >>>> physical id : 0 >>>> siblings : 1 >>>> core id : 0 >>>> cpu cores : 1 >>>> apicid : 0 >>>> initial apicid : 0 >>>> fdiv_bug : no >>>> f00f_bug : no >>>> coma_bug : no >>>> fpu : yes >>>> fpu_exception : yes >>>> cpuid level : 1 >>>> wp : yes >>>> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov >>>> pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow >>>> bogomips : 3599.53 >>>> clflush size : 32 >>>> cache_alignment : 32 >>>> address sizes : 34 bits physical, 32 bits virtual >>>> power management: ts >>>> >>>> >>>> If you need any further info, just ask. >>>> Thanks and best regards >>>> Helios >>>> >>> >>> >> >