Hi Dorothee,
Try pasting all this into one notebook cell in SAGE (via vmware):
from sage.misc.remote_file import get_remote_file
g = get_remote_file("http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/novoselt/K3vertices";)
L = lattice_polytope.read_all_polytopes(g, "K3 %4d")
-- William
On 5/7/07, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/7/07, Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Dear Dorothee,
> > >
> > > That database is not (currently) included with SAGE. Fortunately,
> > > you can download it from here:
> > > http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/novoselt/
> > > Once you download it, start SAGE from the same directory and
> > > type
> > >
> > > sage: L = lattice_polytope.read_all_polytopes("K3vertices", "K3 %4d")
> > > sage: L[0]
> > > K3 0: 3-dimensional, 4 vertices.
> > > sage: L[1]
> > > K3 1: 3-dimensional, 4 vertices.
> > >
> >
> > Dear William,
> >
> > thank you very much for your fast response. Unfortunately, things
> > don't seem that easy with VMWare, and for some reason I cannot seem to
> > get to install sage neither under Windows nor under Linux (will only
> > start python command line). I extensively searched the net for a
> > manual that explains what I'm doing wrong, but so far I haven't been
> > successful. Do you have any suggestions (I really cannot wait to start
> > working with sage :-) )?
>
> With VMware the trick is to get the file
> http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/novoselt/K3vertices
> into the virtual machine's file space. Then you'll have to do
> sage: L = lattice_polytope.read_all_polytopes("/exact/path/to/K3vertices",
> "K3 %4d")
>
> When I get to my office later today, I'll send you an email with commands
> to do what I suggest above for the SAGE vmware.
>
> William
>
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William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://www.williamstein.org
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