So the axiom version that's in the actual Ubuntu archive is 5 years old - eh? That makes me running a version thats about 30 version behind the current one, and I didn't even know it - sorry folks!!
Maybe Mr. Shuttleworth should spend less resources moving buttons around and more resources keeping the Ubuntu archives up-to-date... Oh well........ Thanks for the info Tim!! Ekkehard On Sunday 11 April 2010 02:02:07 pm daly wrote: > The problem is that you're using a version from 2005. > Axiom is released every 2 months. You can get the version > information from the banner: > > AXIOM Computer Algebra System > Version: Axiom (November 2009) > Timestamp: Thursday April 8, 2010 at 18:12:43 > > > This tells you the month and year of your build (November 2009) > and the date it was compiled (April 8, 2010) > > Version 3.9 is a versioning scheme that has not been used for many years. > Unfortunately Ubuntu is using debian's distribution of Axiom. > I'm not a debian authorized developer so I can't fix it. > And I can't get them to either update it or delete it. > > Visit http://axiom-developer.org/axiom-website/download.html > > Tim > > > ekkehard wrote: > > Maybe it was fixed in the latest (or not so latest) downloadable version > > of axiom, but it wasn't fixed in the 9.10 Ubuntu distro, which is Axiom > > Version 3.9 - but the workaround still works there. > > > > I'll try the distro version again in 10.04 when it comes out April 29 (or > > shortly thereafter). > > On Sunday 11 April 2010 08:25:05 am daly wrote: > > > >> Nope. That problem was fixed years ago. > >> http://axiom-developer.org/axiom-website/download.html > >> > >> David Stansby wrote: > >> > >>> Is this still a problem in lucid (version 20091101-7) ? > >>> > >>> ** Changed in: axiom (Ubuntu) > >>> Status: Triaged => Incomplete > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> >> System error: > >> Couldn't protect > >> > >> (2) -> > >> > >> > >> Ubuntu 8.10 > >> > >> packages installed (version 20050901-9ubuntu1): > >> > >> axiom > >> axiom-database > >> axiom-doc > >> axiom-graphics > >> axiom-graphics-data > >> axiom-hypertex > >> axiom-hypertex-data > >> axiom-source > >> axiom-tex > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/axiom/+bug/295117/+subscribe > >> > >> > > > > > > >> System error: > Couldn't protect > > (2) -> > > > Ubuntu 8.10 > > packages installed (version 20050901-9ubuntu1): > > axiom > axiom-database > axiom-doc > axiom-graphics > axiom-graphics-data > axiom-hypertex > axiom-hypertex-data > axiom-source > axiom-tex > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/axiom/+bug/295117/+subscribe > -- axiom reports System error: Couldn't protect to almost all commands https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295117 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
