Here are the currently recommended lists of system packages to be installed with apt-get, as of https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29273
$ sudo apt-get install bc binutils bzip2 ca-certificates cliquer curl g++ g++ gcc gcc gfan gfortran git glpk-utils gmp-ecm lcalc libboost-dev libbz2-dev libcliquer-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libec-dev libecm-dev libffi-dev libflint-arb-dev libflint-dev libfreetype6-dev libgd-dev libgf2x-dev libgivaro-dev libglpk-dev libgmp-dev libgsl-dev liblfunction-dev liblrcalc-dev liblzma-dev libm4rie-dev libmpc-dev libmpfi-dev libmpfr-dev libncurses5-dev libntl-dev libopenblas-dev libpari-dev libpcre3-dev libplanarity-dev libreadline-dev librw-dev libsqlite3-dev libsymmetrica2-dev libz-dev libzmq3-dev m4 make nauty pari-elldata pari-galdata pari-galpol pari-gp2c pari-seadata patch perl pkg-config planarity python3 r-base-dev tachyon tar xz-utils yasm $ sudo apt-get install cmake coinor-cbc coinor-libcbc-dev libboost-dev libisl-dev libterm-readline-gnu-perl ninja-build pari-gp2c If you just need a working Sage, to install them before building might be the quickest way to proceed, -- 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 sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/CAAWYfq3Fu0xQJ%2BK6D9%2B6eJfbS9kTFdmJ%3D%3DB9KddtQb52HLhnHg%40mail.gmail.com.