Re: [sage-devel] install_package('whatever')

2015-11-25 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 12:48:02 UTC, Nathann Cohen wrote: > > > Yes, installing Sage packages within a Sage shell (let alone within a > > running Sage session) is not supported. It may or may not work. Since we > > cannot guarantee that it can work, we simply disallow it. > > Okayy

Re: [sage-devel] install_package('whatever')

2015-11-25 Thread Nathann Cohen
> Yes, installing Sage packages within a Sage shell (let alone within a > running Sage session) is not supported. It may or may not work. Since we > cannot guarantee that it can work, we simply disallow it. Okayyy, thanks. Too bad, that would have been helpful for guys who don't know what a co

Re: [sage-devel] install_package('whatever')

2015-11-25 Thread Jeroen Demeyer
On 2015-11-24 19:22, Nathann Cohen wrote: Is there a technical reason why "install_package" cannot work anymore? Yes, installing Sage packages within a Sage shell (let alone within a running Sage session) is not supported. It may or may not work. Since we cannot guarantee that it can work, we

[sage-devel] install_package('whatever')

2015-11-24 Thread Nathann Cohen
Hello everybody, I just read a question on AskSage [1] from a user who attempted to install an optional package. As you can read from his message he did not understand what 'typing sage -i' in a terminal exactly meant, and was apparently stuck, unable to install this package. Is there a technical