Re: [sage-devel] Suggestion for main configure script to give package names for Latex.

2016-09-06 Thread Thierry
Hi, did you have a look at this page ? http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/installation/source.html There are indications for debian derivatives (e.g. Mint, Ubuntu) and redhat derivatives, which should cover a large part of the 10 most popular distros. Ciao, Thierry On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 10:08

[sage-devel] Suggestion for main configure script to give package names for Latex.

2016-09-06 Thread Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)
I'm trying to migrate away from Solaris to Linux, given the takeover by Oracle. I decided to install the latest Debian (8.5 == Jessie) , and Sage. I have not succeeded yet, but some of the issues seem to be ones where the installation could be made easier for popular linux distributions. First con