Sage 5.5 : error while trying to install the GAP database

[Emmanuel Charpentier]

This happens on my self-compiled Sage 5.5 installation on Debian wheezy 64 bits :

| Sage Version 5.5, Release Date: 2012-12-22                         |

I tried to follow the README's recommendation :

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9. OPTIONAL: It is highly recommended that you install the optional GAP

   database by typing:

       ./sage --optional

----------------------------------- End quote -----------------------------------

sage@fauchard:~$ sage -i database_gap-4.5.7

Attempting to download package database_gap-4.5.7

>>> Checking online list of optional packages.

[.]

>>> Found database_gap-4.5.7

>>> Downloading database_gap-4.5.7.spkg.

[............................................................]

database_gap-4.5.7

====================================================

Extracting package /home/sage/sage-5.5/spkg/optional/database_gap-4.5.7.spkg

-rw-r--r-- 1 sage sage 59654144 déc.  30 21:38 /home/sage/sage-5.5/spkg/optional/database_gap-4.5.7.spkg

tar: On saute à l'en-tête suivant

tar: Arrêt avec code d'échec à cause des erreurs précédentes

Error: failed to extract /home/sage/sage-5.5/spkg/optional/database_gap-4.5.7.spkg

A second attempt gives exactly the same result (modulo downloading).

I see no intelligent action to take now. If some wiser soul can suggest a stupid one ...

HTH,

Emmanuel Charpentier

[John H Palmieri]

I think the file is corrupted. This has been reported at http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/13211. Meanwhile, do this:

   ./sage -i database_gap-4.4.12.p1

This is probably a better choice anyway, since it matches the version of GAP installed with Sage.
 
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John

[Emmanuel Charpentier]

Dear John,

Le dimanche 30 décembre 2012 22:00:34 UTC+1, John H Palmieri a écrit :

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I think the file is corrupted. This has been reported at http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/13211. Meanwhile, do this:

   ./sage -i database_gap-4.4.12.p1

Done. Worked perfectly. Thank you very much ! 

This is probably a better choice anyway, since it matches the version of GAP installed with Sage.

Huh ? So why the recommendation to install a newer version ? 

 

Thank you again !

Emmanuel Charpentier 

[Volker Braun]

Fixed the version on the trac ticket. GAP-4.5.7 will be part of Sage-5.6, for the record.