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To get SageMath under Ubuntu 17.10, you could either

  • install the Debian package by running in a terminal:

    sudo apt install sagemath-jupyter
    

    (this should work under Debian >= 9 and under Ubuntu >= 17.10)

  • build from source

  • install using Conda

  • install using Docker

Note also that Ubuntu 18.04 was just released.

To get SageMath under Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu, you could either

  • install the Debian package by running in a terminal:

    sudo apt install sagemath-jupyter
    

    (this should work under under: Debian >= 9 and under 9; Ubuntu 17.04; Ubuntu >= 17.10)18.04; unfortunately not in Ubuntu 17.10),

  • build from sourcesource,

  • install using CondaConda,

  • install using DockerDocker.

Note also that Ubuntu 18.04 was just released.released which makes it a good time to upgrade.

To get SageMath under Ubuntu, you could either

  • install the Debian package by running in a terminal:

    sudo apt install sagemath-jupyter
    

    (this should work under: Debian >= 9; Ubuntu 17.04; Ubuntu >= 18.04; unfortunately not in Ubuntu 17.10),

  • build install SageMath binary for your Ubuntu system from source,the SageMath download page.

  • build from source,

  • install using Conda,

  • install using Docker.

Note that Ubuntu 18.04 was just released which makes it a good time to upgrade.

Building from source is a good way to get the latest version.

If you build from source, I would suggest building the latest development release, currently SageMath 8.2.rc4.

When SageMath 8.2 is released, it should be nearly identical to SageMath 8.2.rc4.