On 30 Apr 2009, at 19:38, mabshoff wrote: > On Apr 30, 3:54 pm, Kevin Horton <khorto...@rogers.com> wrote: >> sage 3.4.2-rc0 fails to install for me on a unbuntu 8.10 VM, failing >> with: > > <SNIP> > >> cp: cannot create regular file `src/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py': No such >> file or directory >> Error copying patched ctypes > > If I would have to guess the tarball is corrupted. What is the md5sum? > It should be > > 7f76a412ed14a32df0e50a8fa6b77e84 sage-3.4.2.rc0.tar
Bingo - we have a winner. Thanks - I'll download again. Stupid question - why does sage use uncompressed tarballs, instead of something like .tgz. I think a corrupted .tgz couldn't be expanded, and they would download quicker too. Kevin Horton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
