[Slackbuilds-users] sage up for grabs UNMAINTAINED

[JCA]

Why not use the Debian binary tarball that is available in the Sage
website? I have just tried (for Sage 8.3) and it seems to work fine. Here
is what I did:

1. As root, unpacked the tarball in /opt. This create /opt/SageMath.
2. cd /opt/SageMath.
3. ./sage. This patches up Sage's files (black magic?) and launches Sage.
You end up at the Sage CLI. It can be checked out that it works, at least
for simple operations - like, e.g. an integration.
4. Exit Sage.
5. cd /usr/local/bin.
6. ln -s /opt/SageMath/sage ./sage.
7. Exit root.
8. Assuming that /usr/local/bin is in your path, launch Sage by invoking
the sage command.
9. Verify that it works.

Assuming that the above keeps working when using more esoteric Sage
capabilities, getting a Slackbuilds script to do all that should be
straightforward. I haven't tried building for sources, but I find it
difficult to believe that the Debian binary tarball is created using some
knowledge available to members of the inner circle alone.

If I am missing something here please let me know.


On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Didier Spaier <didier at slint.fr> wrote:

> I forgot: his user a set specific user "maths" for that.
>
> On 08/10/2018 07:23 PM, Didier Spaier wrote:
> >
> > On 08/10/2018 04:22 AM, Daniel Prosser wrote:
> >> Perhaps if upstream is fighting so hard to make it *not* possible to
> package
> >> sage, the best course of action is just to honor their intent and stop
> trying
> >> (take it off SBo). Just my two cents as someone who does not use it
> anyway (so
> >> maybe it's actually only worth one cent).
> >
> > I am not an user either, but I once compiled it as regular user just to
> check
> > its ability to make png files for graphs, for an actual (and blind) user.
> > I just asked this friend, he is currently using the 8.1 version.
> >
> > As for maths there is nothing close to sage's features I'd suggest
> > not providing a SlackBuild but a README explaining the situation.
> >
> > Just my 0.02€.
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