David Joyner wrote: > Hi:
Hello David, > > I installed sage 2.8.6 from source on a new install of 64 bit ubuntu 7.10. > The installation manual says > > "On a newly installed Ubuntu system, you can install the above > commands as follows: > > sudo apt-get install gcc-4.0-base > sudo apt-get install make > sudo apt-get install m4 > sudo apt-get install bison > sudo apt-get install flex > sudo apt-get install tar > sudo apt-get install perl > sudo apt-get install binutils > sudo apt-get install gcc > sudo apt-get install libstdc++6-dev > sudo apt-get install g++" > > I think this should be corrected (changes on 2 lines) to say > > "On a newly installed Ubuntu system, you can install the above > commands as follows: > > sudo apt-get install gcc-4.2-base # or the latest version available > sudo apt-get install make > sudo apt-get install m4 > sudo apt-get install bison > sudo apt-get install flex > sudo apt-get install tar > sudo apt-get install perl > sudo apt-get install binutils > sudo apt-get install libstdc++6-dev > sudo apt-get install g++" > > In fact, in 7.10 "sudo apt-get install gcc-4.0-base" yields > "E: Package gcc-4.0-base has no installation candidate" > and "sudo apt-get install gcc" is redundant. > > Questions: > 1. Does this seem like a reasonable change? Yep. > 2. Do documentation "bugs" go into trac or should I just make > an hg patch and email a link to it to sage-devel (or William Stein)? > Open a ticket, attach the patch and make sure the component is "documentation" > - David Joyner Cheers, Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
