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. > > -- > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
