Re: [sage-devel] How to test whether a package is installed?

2010-03-28 Thread William Stein
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Simon King wrote: > Hi! > > Related with #8523, I'd like to know how one tests whether some > package (here: database_gap) is already installed. I don't care what > exact version it is. > > I understood that the script SAGE_ROOT/spkg/standard/newest_version > can

[sage-devel] How to test whether a package is installed?

2010-03-28 Thread Simon King
Hi! Related with #8523, I'd like to know how one tests whether some package (here: database_gap) is already installed. I don't care what exact version it is. I understood that the script SAGE_ROOT/spkg/standard/newest_version can be used. I was reading somewhere that this script is supposed to be