On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am just starting with sage. I type a url into firefox to start the
> notebook on a local machine.
>
> I typed:  install_package('lie-2.2.2.p3')
> and got along error message.
>
> [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/sage/sage-4.4.2/tmp/list'
>
> I assume this is a local problem.

You are not allowed to install packages system-wide.  If you can be
admin on that computer, do

  sudo su

and try again.  If not, contact the admin.

William

>
> On http://sagenb.org I get a similar long message saying the package
> is not available or is corrupted.
>
> User sagenbws
> Using SAGE Server http://www.sagemath.org//packages
> http://www.sagemath.org//packages/standard/list -->
> /usr/local/sage2/tmp/list
> [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/sage2/tmp/list'
>
>
>
> ************************************************************************
> \
> ********
>
>
>
> Error contacting http://www.sagemath.org//packages/standard/list. Try
> using an alternative server.
> For example, from the bash prompt try typing
>
>   export SAGE_SERVER=http://sage.scipy.org/sage/
>
> then try again.
>
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University of Washington
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