This looks very similar to https://groups.google.com/g/sage-support/c/8HrhbwIveJg/m/kODZ4IIEEAAJ where a Python module we presume installed was not installed on the system, resulting in the same cryptic error.
To copy-paste from there: Your system python has a broken, or missing, urllib. > ImportError: No module named request just above > real_configure:98992: error: Package directory missing. Re-run bootstrap. (this error message is likely misleading) Hopefully, installing urllib will get you through this one. By the way, can you install python3.12 or later (with the necessary for development packages)? Then you can pass it to ./configure in --with-python= option. Or, even better, switch to using python3.12 or newer as the system Python? We don't support python3.11 (which you have as /usr/bin/python3) anymore. Theoretically, Sage would be capable of builing a suitable Python, but practically this is mostly broken. On Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 4:56:05 AM UTC-6 Philippe Delavalade wrote: > Hi. > > I can't configure sage-10.8 (obtained as a tarball). > > As said in README.md I ran > make configure > changed PATH, > and ran > ./configure \ > --disable-notebook --disable-doc --disable-r --with-system-python3=no > > I obtained an error: > real_configure: error: Package directory missing. Re-run bootstrap. > > When doing another > make configure > I get as the first time > make: « configure » est à jour. (it's OK) > > I attach config.log > > Thanks for help. > > -- > Philippe > -- 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/df627b60-de47-412f-a6c1-824380639ff8n%40googlegroups.com.
