Ubuntu includes python3, but not python without a number. I guess I could make a symlink?
Fernando On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 5:57 PM Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 9:59 PM Fernando Gouvea <fqgou...@colby.edu> > wrote: > > > > I was trying to install SageMath using WSL, mostly to learn how it is > done. Alas, the latest available Ubuntu distribution for WSL seems to be > 20.04, which comes with SageMath 9.0. I have 9.2 running on Windows, so no > advantage to that. > > > > I did find Ubuntu 20.04 binaries for SageMath 9.4 in > http://mirrors.mit.edu/sage/linux/64bit/index.html. I downloaded and > unpacked without problems, at which time the instructions say to switch to > the SageMath directory and type ./sage. That gives an error: > > > > /usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory > > Error running the script 'relocate-once.py'. > > > > Now what? > > Do you have Python installed on that Ununtu 20.04 ? Yes, you need it > to run the installer > (which could be more user-friendly) > > Actually, probably the easiest is to use Conda installer, and not one > of these Sage binaries: > > https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/installation/conda.html#sec-installation-conda > > > > > > Fernando > > > > On 2/27/2022 3:46 PM, Matthias Koeppe wrote: > > > > +1 on adding info on how to install Linux distributions with up-to-date > binary packages of Sage to our installation guide. See > https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/31485 > > > > (The updated installation guide, preview at > https://6212659123a9467b3cb0cd07--sagemath-tobias.netlify.app/installation/index.html > already covers WSL but does not mention specific distributions.) > > > > On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 10:11:40 AM UTC-8 fqgo...@colby.edu > wrote: > >> > >> I don’t see archlinux in the Microsoft store. > >> > >> Fernando > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:05 AM Dima Pasechnik <dim...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2022, 14:37 G. M.-S., <list...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, Samuel. > >>>> > >>>> I think it is a pity there is nothing more straightforward… > >>>> > >>>> But you will tell me (to look for somebody) to do it. > >>> > >>> > >>> some Linux distributions have pretty much up to date Sage binary > packages. > >>> > >>> E.g. archlinux has Sage 9.5. Thus, having it installed as WSL2 (cf > https://gist.github.com/ld100/3376435a4bb62ca0906b0cff9de4f94b) should > be getting you Sage 9.5 quite quickly. > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Guillermo > >>>> > >>>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 at 15:28, slelievre <samuel....@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> The Cygwin-based Sage-Windows installer has not been released > >>>>> for SageMath 9.4 or SageMath 9.5 yet. > >>>>> > >>>>> To get the latest version of Sage running on Windows, one option > >>>>> is to activate Windows Subsystem for Linux (also known as WSL), > >>>>> select WSL2, and install any Linux distribution there, then follow > >>>>> the Linux installation guide. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> 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...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/CANnG188whX6fJTbj1qdPvB-rdeNVm3H_mNmpC3mohE%2B7tM9rMw%40mail.gmail.com > . > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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...@googlegroups.com. > >>> > >>> To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/CAAWYfq00MjiCDk9Dd8WHDc55%2Bc%3D84PFQLEmyN8VwaD2TiiEVcg%40mail.gmail.com > . > >> > >> -- > >> ================================================================== > >> Fernando Q. Gouvea > >> Dept of Mathematics and Statistics > http://www.colby.edu/~fqgouvea > >> Colby College > >> Mayflower Hill 5836 > >> Waterville, ME 04901 > >> > >> A training in mathematics is a prerequisite today for work in almost > >> any scientific field, but even for those who are not going to become > >> scientists, it is essential because, if it is only through speech that > >> we can understand what freedom means, only through mathematics > >> can we understand what necessity means. > >> -- W. H. 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Gouvea http://www.colby.edu/~fqgouvea > > Carter Professor of Mathematics > > Dept. of Mathematics > > Colby College > > 5836 Mayflower Hill > > Waterville, ME 04901 > > > > The reason I never liked being called Professor is that it is > > synonymous with academic, a word that over the past forty years has > > become synonymous with ridiculous. > > -- Joseph Epstein, in "Don't Call Me Ishmael" > > > > -- > > 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/b17e9093-7ae2-5521-7139-d66e3e2a3d24%40colby.edu > . > > -- > 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/CAAWYfq1fHs_Uc6PcY%3D4XutBJ8M132hS%3D2-e2uQ7Mx-qAta_Nag%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- ================================================================== Fernando Q. Gouvea Dept of Mathematics and Statistics http://www.colby.edu/~fqgouvea Colby College Mayflower Hill 5836 Waterville, ME 04901 A training in mathematics is a prerequisite today for work in almost any scientific field, but even for those who are not going to become scientists, it is essential because, if it is only through speech that we can understand what freedom means, only through mathematics can we understand what necessity means. -- W. H. Auden -- 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/CAPON7s_szVb_NSm__-L5CQY-%2BhnDvsOYf7zJdWguhTEdp5RVJA%40mail.gmail.com.
