On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:02 AM, richard boardman
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear  sirs,
> I am running the ubuntu version of linux, but am a linux novice.
>
> I have downloaded sage-2.8.12-ubuntu-i686-Linux and expanded it into a
> directory.

You need to install Sage-4.1.2, since sage-2.8.12 is over two years out of date:

http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/sage/linux/32bit/sage-4.1.2-linux-Ubuntu_9.04-i686-Linux.tar.gz

> I have found an executable called sage and if I double click on it I
> get an option to either "run in
> terminal" or "run" it.
> The run in terminal works but every time I make a mistake I have to
> completely retype the line.
>
> I cannot find the equivalent of the windows control_c  and control_v.
> Do they exist?
>
> I am working through the book " Adventures in Group theory and this
> book talks about a notebook interface and ubuntu has a Gnome
> interface.
>
> Are either of these available to me?

After you install a modern version of Sage, you can type

  sage: notebook()

to run the notebook interface.

William

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