2.1 Linux and OS X

Installation from a pre-built binary tarball should in the long run be the easiest and fastest way to install Sage. This is not necessarily the case right now. Note that Sage is itself a programming environment, so building it from source guarantees you maximum flexibility in the long run. Nonetheless, we provide pre-built binaries.

Assumptions: You have a computer with at least 550 megabytes free disk space and the operating system is Linux (32-bit or 64-bit) or OS X.

Highly Recommended: It is highly recommended that you have latex installed.

Download the latest tarball from http://www.sagemath.org/download.html. For example, it might be called sage-x.y.z-x86_64-Linux.tgz. Unpack it on your computer in a directory which you have permissions:

    tar zxvf sage-x.y.z-x86_64-Linux.tgz
Change into the directory just created, e.g., sage-x.y.z-x86_64-Linux and type ./sage to run Sage. You can move the directory sage-x.y.z-x86_64-Linux anywhere, and still run sage from it. You can also copy sage and put it anywhere, e.g., /usr/local/bin/, but you'll have likely have to edit the ROOT="....." line at the top.

Note: We currently distribute .dmg files for OSX. But we would like to make Sage more of a native application. Work for that is ongoing, but help is always welcome.

See About this document... for information on suggesting changes.