OK, I have changed the spkg-install to use your solution. I have not tested it yet though, since I am unsure how to un-install those packages.
-Marshall On Nov 13, 3:46 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Regarding: "so I attempt to install them with "sage -i" in the > spkg-install script. The bad thing is I hard-code the package > numbers, so that will break if they are updated." > > Don't do that. Instead do this: > > sage -c "install_package('package_name')" > > without the version number. The "install_package" command in the Sage > library automatically determined the most recent version of a package. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---