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asked 2016-07-11 19:55:16 +0100

jkid314159 gravatar image

System: #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2 (2016-04-08)

type in from command line "sage" error says, "bash: sage: command not found" How can I start sage. Thanks.

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How did you install Sage ?

tmonteil gravatar imagetmonteil ( 2016-07-11 23:01:31 +0100 )edit

Have you tried to type ./sage (from the sage root directory), instead of sage ?

eric_g gravatar imageeric_g ( 2016-07-11 23:33:33 +0100 )edit

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answered 2016-07-12 14:43:19 +0100

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Installing Sage just installs Sage, it does not automatically make the sage command point to Sage.

So either change directory to where sage is installed and run ./sage as @eric_g suggests, or take one of the following steps.

  • use an alias by adding this line in your .bashrc or .bash_profile settings file:

    alias sage='/path/to/sage'
    
  • or add a symbolic link in a place that is in your PATH, say /usr/local/bin, by running the command

    $ sudo ln -s /path/to/sage /usr/local/bin
    

(you would replace /path/to/sage by the actual path to the sage executable you have installed).

A related trick: GAP, Singular, etc., are bundled with Sage. There is a command to create creating symbolic links for all of them in a chosen directory. To create the symbolic links in /usr/local/bin, run this command:

$ sudo sage -c "install_scripts('/usr/local/bin')
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