We shall explain the basic steps for installing the most recent version of Sage (which is the ``source'' version, not the ``binary'').
sage-*.tar
(where * denotes the
version number) from the website
and save into a directory, say SAGEHOME
.
Type tar zxvf sage-*.tar
in HOME
.
sage-*
(we call this SAGEHOME
)
and type make
.
Now be patient because this process make take
2 hours or so.
./sage -i database_jones_numfield ./sage -i database_gap-4.4.8 ./sage -i database_cremona_ellcurve-2005.11.03 ./sage -i gap_packages-4.4.8_1
This last package loads the GAP GPL'd packages braid, ctbllib, DESIGN, FactInt, GAPDoc, GRAPE, LAGUNA, SONATA 2.3, and TORIC . It also compiles (automatically) the C programs in GUAVA and GRAPE.
Other optional packages to install are at http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/packages/optional/.
Another way: download packages from
http://sage.scipy.org/sage/packages/optional/and save to the directory $SAGE_ROOT
. Type
/sage -i sage-package.spkg
for each sage-package
you download (use sage -f
if you
are reinstalling.)
This might be useful if you have a CD of these packages
but no (or a very slow) internet connection.
cd devel/doc
and type ./rebuild
. This requires
having latex and latex2html installed.
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