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. 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/c5091c41-9776-4efe-9c6f-321217ed62d0n%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > ============================================================= > Fernando Q. 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