Problems with Macaulay2 installation on Ubuntu

[Alessandro Pini]

Hi to every one,

I just tried to install Macaulay2 on my computer (with Ubuntu), but apparently something went wrong. I got the following output in the line command. 

Macaulay2, version 1.11

--file search path directories:

--    /home/pini/Desktop/Macaulay2-1.11/share/Macaulay2/Core/

--    /home/pini/Desktop/Macaulay2-1.11/share/Macaulay2/

/home2/dan/src/M2/M2/Macaulay2/d/startup.m2.in:619:6:(0):[1]: error: can't load setup.m2

/home2/dan/src/M2/M2/Macaulay2/d/startup.m2.in:619:6:(0):[1]: --entering debugger (type help to see debugger commands)

Some of the basic commands can be executed (e.g. the sum of two numbers), but for instance when I type the following line 

R = QQ[X,Y,Z]

I got the following error 

stdio:1:5:(1): error: expected pair to have a method for 'SPACE'

I do not know how to fix it. 

Many thanks for any suggestions or advice.

Best regards,

Alessandro Pini

[Daniel R. Grayson]

You probably installed it manually, instead of subscribing to our repository for automatic

updates, and installed just one of the two required *.deb files.  They come in pairs: one for the 

architecture independent files (common), and one for the architecture dependent files.

[Alessandro Pini]

Hi,

Many thanks for the quick answer. However I'm not very expert so I did not understand it completely. 

What I did was to download the .tar file and run it in my terminal. Unfortunately I do not have the root access on this computer, therefore I could not follow the other method (that probably allows an automatic update). 

Could you explain me how I should modify the procedure that I followed in order to completely install Macaulay2 ?

Many thanks

Best regards,

Alessandro Pini

[Alessandro Pini]

Hi again,

Many thanks. Finally Macaulay works  :-)

Best,

Alessandro Pini