Hi John, Since you are using Ubuntu, you may find this page useful: https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/install_ubuntu.html I'm trying to maintain it up to date, in order to provide Ubuntu new comers to Sage with a quick way to install Sage. In particular the list of system packages in the "sudo apt install" line is up to date. Last time I checked the list posted at https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/installation/source-distro.html#linux-system-package-installation it was not the case: the command "sudo apt-get install" was failing with Ubuntu 24.04 because of some wrong package names , which is quite disturbing for a new comer. I've tried to edit the doc.sagemath.org page to fix that, but the list is automatically generated and I could not find quickly how to change it by editing some source file.
Eric. Le mercredi 21 janvier 2026 à 10:53:22 UTC+1, John Cremona a écrit : > Thanks (as always) Dima. There do seem to be more than one place where > installation instructions can be found. I thought I was being a good > citizen by actually reading the version I found instead of relying on my > past experience. > > Most of the build worked fine (but see below) after ./bootstrap && > ./configure (after which "make configure" reports that 'configure' is up to > date). > > I found that on a system running ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS the package qhull > fails to build as it want cmake version 3.25 or higher while this system > only has 3.22.1 available. I wonder if the later version is really > necessary. I am hesitant to upgrade the OS as I do not have physical > access to the machine without a lot of hassle: it is in a central > university server room, and we don't like to remind the relevant > authorities that they still house some of our servers. It is also 13 years > old but still rather useful even if it still only has sage version 10.6 on > it. > > John > > > On Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at 23:21:19 UTC Dima Pasechnik wrote: > >> <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 >>>> > >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/c0755a54-59ca-42ce-9a0e-45da8c3b667fn%40googlegroups.com.
