It is most probably a half-broken binary - it was not built to run on the hardware you have. Do you have a reason not to use the latest Sage version?
On Monday, April 11, 2016 at 9:47:40 PM UTC+1, ana...@g.uky.edu wrote: > > Hi I am having difficulty installing sage on my computer. > I use Mac 10.10.4. > I downloaded sage-6.9-x86_64-Darwin-OSX_10.10_x86_64.dmg, and > I have followed the read.me instruction up to > > " 4) Select to run it with "Terminal":" > > Then, I got > >> > > students-MacBook-Pro:~ student$ /Users/student/sage/sage/sage > > ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ > > │ SageMath Version 6.9, Release Date: 2015-10-10 │ > > │ Type "notebook()" for the browser-based notebook interface. │ > > │ Type "help()" for help. │ > > └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Unhandled SIGILL: An illegal instruction occurred in Sage. > > This probably occurred because a *compiled* component of Sage has a bug > > in it and is not properly wrapped with sig_on(), sig_off(). > > Sage will now terminate. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Illegal instruction: 4 > > __________________________ > > > Then, I do not know where I should go in order to "choose application" > when it says, > > > >Choose Applications, then select "All Applications" in the > > > "Enable:" drop down. Change the "Applications" drop down > > > to "Utilities". On the left, scroll and select "Terminal". > > > Click "Open", then in the next dialog select "Update". > > Where can I find the "choose application", or > > was there anything else wrong with this installation? > > > Thank you for your help. > > Isaac > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
