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== Warning: obsolete ==

This information is currently obsolete. See [[http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/query?status=%21closed&component=FreeBSD|the FreeBSD component on Trac]] for more info. We have working Sage on FreeBSD 8.3 and 9, including a [[http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/math/sage/|port]].

This info is being kept for reference, in case similar issues arise again.
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 * [[/sage-4.3|Sage 4.3 on FreeBSD 8.0]] - work in progress  * [[/sage-4.3|Sage 4.3 on FreeBSD 8.0]] - never completed. Do not use
 * [[/sage-4.5|Sage 4.5 on FreeBSD 8.1]] - work in progress
 * [[/sage-4.6.1|Sage 4.6.1 on FreeBSD 8.1]] - work in progress

See [[http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/query?status=needs_info&status=needs_review&status=needs_work&status=new&status=positive_review&component=FreeBSD&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component|the Sage Trac FreeBSD component tickets]] as well.

Sage Port to FreeBSD 6.x, 7.x and 8.x

Warning: obsolete

This information is currently obsolete. See the FreeBSD component on Trac for more info. We have working Sage on FreeBSD 8.3 and 9, including a port.

This info is being kept for reference, in case similar issues arise again.

Native Port

Since Sage 3.2 it is possible to build Sage with a few modifications and get it to start up, but there are problems with java for example, so not all doctests pass. Specific build notes:

See the Sage Trac FreeBSD component tickets as well.

Linux Emulation

Precompiled Sage binaries will run under linux emulation on FreeBSD with some caveats; the biggest issue is a noted error when trying to render plain 2-D plots. Otherwise, both the command line and notebook interfaces seem to work, including raytracing withTachyon. Tested configurations (plotting works on none, all other features "seem" to work):

  • sage-2.10.2-linux-32bit-debian-i686-Linux on FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE with linux_base-fc-4_10 (fedora core 4.10)

  • sage-3.0-debian32-intel-i686-Linux on FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE with linux_base-fc-4_10 (fedora core 4.10)

Here are basic instructions:

  1. Make sure the linux kernel module was compiled into FreeBSD and is loaded with kldstat; linprocfs does not seem to be required

  2. Install emulators/linux_base (using ports system, pkg_add -r, etc)

  3. Download and extract the latest sage binary distribution (eg, sage-2.10.2-linux-32bit-debian-i686-Linux.tar.gz)

  4. Enter extracted directory and edit the script sage to set SAGE_ROOT to the full path of that directory

  5. Run /compat/linux/bin/bash ./sage

Official Port

ThePorter's Handbookis the place to look for porting directions It may make sense to have both a native math/sage-math and a linux math/linux-sage-math port, at least for a while? A linux port would be more reliable and easier to keep up to date. Here is a possible pkg-descr: 

Sage: Open Source Mathematics Software
--------------------------------------
Creating a viable free open source alternative to
Magma, Maple, Mathematica, and Matlab
WWW: http://sagemath.org/

and a possible pkg-descr: 

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# NOTE: Some additional packages are highly recommended for Sage:   #
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#   latex (print/latex): for type setting                           #
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