On Thursday, November 29, 2012 3:44:40 AM UTC-5, Keshav Kini wrote: > > "WM Chung" <[email protected] <javascript:>> writes: > > I would like to know if I can install multiple versions of SAGE under > > the same system. Now I have a VM of Ubuntu and Sage 5.3 is built from > > source code. Can I build Sage 5.4 in different directory in the same > > Ubuntu VM ? Can I keep the Sage 5.3 and not remove it ? > > That should work fine. The only data that is shared between different > installations of Sage on your machine will be your ~/.sage directory and > the personal files in it. That might cause problems if you have a very > old version of Sage and a very new version of Sage installed at the same > time, since they might expect different stuff to be in ~/.sage , but > that's the exception rather than the rule. I often have five or six > versions of Sage installed on my computer, each in its own directory. >
You can even use the DOT_SAGE environment variable to have a custom .sage folder for each installation, if you really wanted to, though you'd have to declare this (or put it in a script or profile file). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support?hl=en.
