#12042: Update the documentation how to use the VM image, especially to avoid
confusion about Virtualbox and VM Player
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Reporter: emil | Owner: schilly
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.8
Component: website/wiki | Keywords: VM images Virtualbox VMware
documentation networking NAT Bridged IP adress localhost
Work_issues: | Upstream: N/A
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Comment(by emil):
I think though, there should be still a change in the homepage in the
following paragraph:
''''''[http://sagemath.org/download-windows.html]''''''
Usage
To run Sage on Microsoft Windows you need the following:
1. VirtualBox for Windows >> or VMWare Player << :: suggested: just
skip this
2. Then run the downloaded VirtualBox >>or VMWare Distribution<< of
Sage and follow these additional instructions. :: suggested: just skip
this
>> Note: Please read these additional instructions. << ::This is a
dublication of the previous, suggestion is to skip it.
:: also the following part is not really up to date:
>>Another possibility is to run Sage inside Wubi. Wubi is a Linux Ubuntu
installation inside Windows.<< :: comment: Wubi is definitly possible, but
the last time I tested to to run the precombiled binaries in a Wubi
install it failed.
Sage depends on many components which are not yet available for Microsoft
Windows. A native port is in the works. The current VirtualBox Image
provides you with an encapsulated and tested system and contains
everything and needs nearly no configuration.
:: I would just write like this:
Sage depends on many components which are not (yet?) available for
Microsoft Windows. The current VirtualBox Image provides you with an
encapsulated and tested system and contains everything and needs nearly no
configuration.
Other Methods to run Sage on a Windows system:
In developement: Cygwin port of Sage (join the effort)
Tested: Use the Sage Live CD / USB
Beta: Use the windows installer of the Live CD to have a dual boot system.
(read instructions here)
Other methods which were successfully applied, but may or may not work for
you:
Virtual Images provided by the Community: Gentoo or Puppy Linux
Ubuntu Wubi install
Andlinux/Colinux
And on
'''[http://sagemath.org/download.html]'''
there is
Microsoft Windows
# To run Sage on Microsoft Windows you need the following: Image of a Sage
installation for virtualization
# Read these additional instructions.
Sage depends on many components which are not yet available for Microsoft
Windows. A native port is in the works. The current >>VMware<< Image
provides you with an encapsulated and solid tested system and contains
everything and needs nearly no configuration.
this should be replaced by >>Virtual<<, then it is neutral.
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