Thanks for the prompt response I'm planning to compile from source. Any problem arises i'll inform you. I all ready had python installed does sage installation will clash with my python environment variable.
thanking you On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Robert Bradshaw < [email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 17, 2009, at 9:55 PM, William Stein wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Minh Nguyen <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Hi Ajay, > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Ajay Rawat > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Is the binary for sage 4.2.1 is available for ubuntu 8.04 (64 bit). > >> > >> There are binaries for Ubuntu 9.10, both 32- and 64-bit. There are no > >> binaries for Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit. If you want a binary for that > >> platform, you could download the source tarball of Sage 4.2.1 and > >> compile the source on that platform. > > > > The binary I build on sage.math.washington.edu (for that machine) may > > work for you, since that machineis a 32-bit Ubuntu 8.04 box: > > > > > http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/wstein/binaries/sage-4.2.1-linux-sage.math.washington.edu-x86_64-Linux.tar.gz > > > > Give it a shot. > > I think you meant to say it's a *64*-bit Ubuntu 8.04 box. If for some > reason that doesn't work, building from source is really easy--just > unpack the .tar, type make, and wait 3-4 hours. > > >>> How it is different from compiling the source package? > >> > >> Each source tarball is shipped with the source of the standard > >> packages that make up Sage. In particular, the Sage standard library > >> is one of many standard packages. A binary of Sage doesn't ship with > >> the source of most standard packages. This is to save space, > >> otherwise > >> you would get a binary that is bigger in terms of megabytes than > >> currently is the case. However, note that each binary also contains > >> the source of the Sage standard library. > > In short, the only difference is that the binary doesn't come with > (all) the source to save space (and, of course, you don't have to wait > for it to build). > > - Robert > > -- > 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 > -- Ajay Rawat Kalpakkam, IGCAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Save Himalayas.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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
