<https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/installation/source-distro.html>


On January 20, 2026 12:53:29 PM CST, 'Martin R' via sage-support 
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I see the following on 
>https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/developer/walkthrough.html
>
>------------------------------------------
>Development Walk-through
>
>This section is a concise overview of the Sage development process. We will 
>see how to make changes to the Sage source code and record them in the Git 
>revision control system.
>Quick start 
>
>If you are in a hurry, you can skip the details and just follow these steps:
>
>   1. 
>   
>   Install Git (see Installing Git 
>   
> <https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/developer/git_setup.html#section-git-install>)
>  
>   and Conda 
>   <https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge?tab=readme-ov-file#install>.
>   
>------------------------------------------
>
>is this the wrong page?
>
>Martin
>
>On Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at 15:42:04 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I'm sure you are misreading the documentation. 
>>
>> The installation guide has tabs to choose the platform and the OS, and it 
>> refers to the development guide for installation from source.
>>
>>
>> On January 20, 2026 5:32:25 AM CST, John Cremona <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> >I have been building Sage on linux computers for 20 years. I
>> >currently have a working 10.9.beta0 on my laptop but also need to keep
>> >working versions (not development versions) on other ubuntu machines.
>> >I have never in my life knowingly used conda and I don't know what it
>> >is. BUT the installation guides tell me that I should install conda
>> >-- both for installing a development version and for a non-development
>> >version.
>> >
>> >This cannot be necessary as I have never used or installed conda, and
>> >I have built version 10.9.beta0.
>> >
>> >Please can someone confirm that it is still OK to clone the latest
>> >version (let's say, the latest release), do ./bootstrap and
>> >./configure and make? Followed by (e.g.) make
>> >database_cremona_ellcurve?
>> >
>> >John
>> >
>>
>
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