Re: what did I overlook?

[American Citizen <website.reader3@gmail.com>]

Okay, I did install the v 2.16.1 alpha. Right now my sage installer 
still has 111 modules to install, but it already created a local gp-pari 
executable, so I won't redo the build, since this takes a few hours, 
even on my fast system.


On 2/2/24 11:07, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 10:33:10AM -0800, American Citizen wrote:
> > Hello all:
> >
> > I am trying to install sage ver10.2 onto my linux system, but got a strange
> > error during the configure run
> >
> > > Checking whether SageMath should install SPKG pari...
> > > checking whether any of gmp readline is installed as or will be
> > > installed as SPKG... no
> > > checking for gp... /usr/local/bin/gp
> > > checking for gphelp... /usr/local/bin/gphelp
> > > checking whether gphelp has access to the documentation... yes
> > > checking is pari_elldata installed? ... yes
> > > checking is pari_galdata installed? ... yes
> > > checking is pari_galpol installed? ... yes
> > > checking is pari_seadata installed? ... yes
> > > checking whether factor() bug 2469 of pari 2.15.3 is fixed... yes
> > > checking whether qfbclassno() bug 2466 of pari 2.15.3 is fixed... no;
> > > cannot use system pari/GP with known bug
> > > configure: no suitable system package found for SPKG pari
> > However when I bring up my installed gp-pari, the banner reads
> >
> > > GP/PARI CALCULATOR Version 2.16.0 (alpha)
> > >                                        amd64 running linux
> > > (x86-64/GMP-6.3.0 kernel) 64-bit version
> > >                                           compiled: Dec  1 2023, gcc
> > > version 7.5.0 (SUSE Linux)
> > >                                                         threading engine:
> > > pthread
> > >                                               (readline v7.0 enabled,
> > > extended help enabled)
> > >
> > >                                                   Copyright (C) 2000-2023
> > > The PARI Group
> > So why is the sage installer script confused?
> 2.16.0 is an old version that might not incorporate the fix for #2466.
> You should upgrade to 2.16.1
>
> Cheers,
> Bill