[sage-support] Re: error using simple solve example

Although you shouldn't have to, please try installing the OS X Command Line Tools for Xcode as described here: http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/installation/source.html#mac-os-x-prerequisite-installation This error has appeared before

[sage-support] Re: error using simple solve example

Thanks. I tried installing Maxima from sourceforge. This didn't help, although I don't know if would be expected to. I'd be interested to know if anyone else is able to run Sage on OS X El Capitan. Might an older version work? Or is the Maxima problem independent of the Sage version? E.g. this

[sage-support] Re: error using simple solve example

I tried this - didn't work, but thanks for the suggestion. On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 4:42:21 PM UTC+1, HG wrote: > > I forgot : try x=var("x") > > Le mercredi 24 août 2016 11:47:40 UTC+2, Paul Johnson a écrit : >> >> Hi, >> >> I've just started using Sage

[sage-support] Re: error using simple solve example

On 2016-08-24, Paul Johnson wrote: > File > "/Applications/SageMath-7.3.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima_lib.py", > line 105, in > ecl_eval("(set-locale-subdir)") > File "sage/libs/ecl.pyx", line 1315, in

[sage-support] Re: error using simple solve example

I forgot : try x=var("x") Le mercredi 24 août 2016 11:47:40 UTC+2, Paul Johnson a écrit : > > Hi, > > I've just started using Sage (sage-7.3-OSX_10.11.6-x86_64.app.dmg) on Mac > OS X 10.11.6. The first solve example... > > x = var('x') > solve([x^2 - 3 == 0], x) > ...gives the error below. Any

[sage-support] Re: error using simple solve example

I tried your example on ubuntu 7.3 there is not problem. Seems to be a problem of locale (utf8), but sorry I don't know mac. Le mercredi 24 août 2016 11:47:40 UTC+2, Paul Johnson a écrit : > > Hi, > > I've just started using Sage (sage-7.3-OSX_10.11.6-x86_64.app.dmg) on Mac > OS X 10.11.6. The