## Checking whether SageMath should install SPKG python3... ## ## -------------------------------------------------------- ## real_configure:41732: checking whether any of liblzma libffi is installed as or will be installed as SPKG real_configure:41737: result: yes; install python3 as well
please run apt-get install xz-utils liblzma-dev libffi-dev and try again On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM 'Trevor Karn' via sage-devel <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I manually install python 3.12.5 as my system python, I am having a hard > time getting sage to see it. For example: > > grep -E "result: (libffi|liblzma|python3):" config.log > real_configure:141199: result: libffi: using system > package; SPKG will not be installed > real_configure:142050: result: liblzma: no suitable > system package; standard, SPKG version 5.2.5 will be installed > real_configure:163376: result: python3: no suitable > system package; standard, SPKG version 3.12.5 will be installed > > tkkarn@math:~/sage/sage$ which python3 && python3 --version > /home/tkkarn/local/bin/python3 > Python 3.12.5 > > I also posted my config log > > On Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 2:37:29 PM UTC-6 Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> >> On 2026-02-03 13:59:15, Dima Pasechnik wrote: >> > I don't get what's going on here. Is 3.12.3 too old now for us? >> >> I think it's setuptools and not python. Old setuptools doesn't >> understand the new license field format. >> >> In the sage distro, we'll build a newer setuptools anyway, but this >> ./configure check is implicitly testing that the system version of >> setuptools can be used to build a C extension. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/a387619b-234f-4bfa-98cd-3171dfd7a15an%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/CAAWYfq2xSF2t%3Dq5SPmE%2BJzVRMk%3DOTYxFu0ruuuFV-of66YF71g%40mail.gmail.com.
