On 20 July 2012 18:57, Keshav Kini <keshav.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> writes: >> The usual reccomenedation when people get problems is to build Sage >> from source code. That normallly works without problems. You are >> unlikely to need to install any other packages, as Sage comes with >> most things included - even a compiler! (At leat I think the compiler >> is included now - it certainly will be soon if it is not already) > > GCC is currently included in Sage, though if the system has a native GCC > which is deemed sufficient for Sage's purposes, Sage doesn't install the > GCC it ships. > > -Keshav
Thank you. I have some older Sun hardware here (both x86 and SPARC). It will be interesting to try Sage on them again, as it used to build and pass all tests on both. One issue before was the need to install a more up to date version of gcc. I'll give it a try some time. Dave -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
