On Feb 20, 4:04 am, Carl Witty <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 19, 3:54 pm, Art <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would like to use the sage distribution as my default python > > distribution transparently. If I type python at the command line, I > > would like sage -python to be called and #/usr/bin/env python at the > > start of any script to call the sage python as well. > > > How can I do this? > > > Also, can I use easy_install with sage if an spkg doesn't exist? I > > have been downloading the source tarballs and doing sage -python setup > > install. > > Try typing: sage -sh > This will put you "inside" the Sage environment, with all your paths, > environment variables, etc. set up to use Sage's python, libraries, > etc. > > I think that easy_install will just work (and do what you want) in > that environment. > > Carl
sage -sh works perfectly. Not sure how I missed it. And easy_install works after sage -sh. I am not sure when I will need install_scripts but I at least understand what it does. Thanks. Art --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
