I am running sage 7.0 installed from ubuntu repository. When trying "sudo sage -i gap-packages" I get an error stating sage cannot be built as root but if I try as normal user I get "permission denied". Should I change owner of the systemwide installation or is there a better way? Thanks Antonio Behn
This is indeed a limitation of the Ubuntu ppa. See also the similar problem on sage-support.
One way to go is indeed to chage the permissions of /usr/lib/sagemath/
$ sudo chown -R YOUR_NAME:YOUR_NAME /usr/lib/sagemath
and then do the installation with "sage -p THE_PACKAGE" (no sudo). Note that the "-p" (for package) is replacing the "-i" now.
Asked: 2016-04-01 16:39:21 +0100
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Last updated: Apr 02 '16
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