#16628: Clarify how/where to install optional packages
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Reporter: kcrisman | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: sage-6.3
Component: documentation | Keywords:
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This is currently a ridiculous situation. Some packages are only
available in 'old-style', but 'new-style' ones aren't installable (as far
as I can tell) with a single command `sage -do_this`. The install guide
still uses the `sage -i` syntax (which makes a lot of sense to me) and
there is no place the new procedure is documented, not really even in the
[http://www.sagemath.org/doc/developer/packaging.html#manual-package-
build-and-installation developer guide], though people shouldn't have to
look at that to (say) install the small groups package. (And it wouldn't
hurt to add some FAQ somewhere, or a nice test in a very visible place for
groups, about that, as it keeps getting asked.)
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/16628>
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