One more detail: when you run mktexlsr, if you see messages saying "directory not writable. Skipping..." that means that you need to run mktexlsr as the superuser, by using the command `sudo mktexlsr`.
- Marc On Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 5:47:47 PM UTC-5 Marc Culler wrote: > When I said "/usr/local/sage" I meant "/usr/local/bin/sage". > > And, as a reminder, a key step is to run mktexlsr so that TeXLive can > update its database of all Tex-related files, and find sagetex.sty after > you install it. > > - Marc > > On Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 5:34:32 PM UTC-5 Marc Culler wrote: > >> Hi Tessa, >> >> Please answer "yes" to agree to overwrite your existing sagetex.sty file, >> even though you don't have one. I apologize for that message being >> imprecise. It means "Is it OK if we replace your sagetex.sty file *If >> you have one*. But it does not actually check whether you do have one. >> We wanted to warn people in case they had made changes to their sagetex.sty >> file which they don't want to lose. Similarly for the script >> /usr/local/sage. >> >> About the crazy statement from google: please don't trust chatbots. When >> they don't know the answer they make one up, and the made up one is almost >> always wrong. But, as you know, this is a much bigger issue than your >> sagetex.sty issue. :^) >> >> - Marc >> >> On Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 5:23:41 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Dima, >>> >>> I installed Sage from https://github.com/3-manifolds/Sage_macOS/releases >>> >>> That seemed to work fine, and now I have a SageMath-10-7 icon in my >>> applications folder. >>> >>> However, I cannot locate the "sagetex.sty" file anywhere, even though it >>> asks to overwrite it upon installation. >>> When I Google, it says that it can be found here: >>> Applications/SageMath-<version>.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/sagetex/sagetex.sty >>> >>> However, there is no "sage" folder in the "Resources" folder. This was >>> the very first way I attempted to install SageMath, and I gave up because I >>> could not locate the "sagetex.sty" to make it known to LaTeX. >>> >>> Thank you for your help. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM Dima Pasechnik <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> There are ways to get Sage working on your Mac without building from >>>> source. >>>> In our installation guide >>>> <https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/installation/index.html#macos> >>>> there is a link to >>>> >>>> <https://github.com/3-manifolds/Sage_macOS/releases> >>>> >>>> in >>>> >>>> No development: >>>> >>>> Install the binary build of SageMath from the 3-manifolds project. >>>> It is a signed and notarized app, which works for macOS 10.12 and newer. >>>> It >>>> is completely self-contained and provides the standard Sage distribution >>>> together with many optional packages. Additional optional Python packages >>>> can be installed with the %pip magic command and will go into your ~/.sage >>>> directory. >>>> >>>> Alternatively, install SageMath from the conda-forge project, as >>>> described in section Install from conda-forge. >>>> >>>> >>>> Or, perhaps, you do need a customisation which does need building from >>>> source (as you tried). >>>> >>>> HTH >>>> Dima >>>> >>>> >>>> On August 27, 2025 1:04:31 PM CDT, Tessa Weinstein <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I was researching how to get LaTeX to do calculations so that I can >>>>> automate worksheets and everything pointed to using SageMath. I am >>>>> attempting to install Sage on a Mac running Sequoia 15.6 (M1). >>>>> >>>>> 1. I installed Xcode and accepted the license using the command >>>>> "xcode-select --install" >>>>> 2. I created a source/build directory >>>>> 3. I cloned the Sage git repository >>>>> 4. Changed into the created subdirectory sage >>>>> 5. I don't plan on doing development, so I went to step 7 and >>>>> entered the command: "make configure" >>>>> >>>>> I got the following error message: FileNotMirroredError('tarball does >>>>> not exist on mirror network') >>>>> sage_bootstrap.tarball.FileNotMirroredError: >>>>> tarball does not exist on mirror network Error: downloading configure >>>>> tarball failed make: *** [configure] Error 1 >>>>> >>>>> I noticed that someone else had a similar problem, and a patch >>>>> (patch-2.7.6) was suggested; however, I'm unsure how to install the patch >>>>> or where to install it. I downloaded the patch folder and unzipped it, >>>>> but >>>>> I'm unsure how to proceed. >>>>> >>>>> This is the second attempt I've made to install SageMath. First, I >>>>> tried a binary install, but I could not locate the "sagemath.sty" file to >>>>> make it known to LaTeX. Using Homebrew or conda seemed more complicated >>>>> than this method, which is why I was trying it. >>>>> >>>>> I really appreciate any help you can provide. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> Tessa >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> >>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> >>> To view this discussion visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/2BDA70F3-DD5B-468A-BB25-92446EF833D8%40gmail.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/2BDA70F3-DD5B-468A-BB25-92446EF833D8%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- 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 [email protected]. 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