Quick Download and Install Guide

Not sure what to download? This short guide should get you started. A longer version of this guide is also available.

  1. Determine your operating system. (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, etc.)
  2. Determine your CPU type. (32-bit or 64-bit)

  3. Do you want a source or binary distribution? Even if you want to do development, a precompiled version of Sage (binary release) can be used for that purpose. The source distribution is mostly needed if you want to see the sources of the Sage packages, also known as SPKGs.

  4. If available, choose the appropriate binary version from one of the download mirrors.

  5. Follow the binary installation guide to actually install a pre-compiled version of Sage. The source installation guide contains more detailed information on compiling Sage from source.

Troubleshooting

  1. If no binary version is available for your system, download the source version. Note that Sage does not compile on every system.
  2. (((rhx: That should go to the troubleshooting section of the Installation Guide or (even better) the error message related to sage-flags.txt should change.))) You might run into the following issue with a binary release due to different features of your system and the system on which Sage was compiled.

  3. Ask for help on the sage-support mailing list.