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You need to install Sage-4.1.2, since sage-2.8.12 is over two years out of date: http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/sage/linux/32bit/sage-4.1.2-linux-Ubuntu_9.04-i686-Linux.tar.gz 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
