Upgrading GAP in SAGE
Hello,
I'm attempting to upgrade the version of GAP that is used in SAGE. I installed the most recent version of GAP 4.8.8. When I open SAGE and run
gap.version()
4.8.3
I know I can point the GAP console in SAGE to the 4.8.8 version of GAP by running:
import sage.interfaces.gap
GAP_PATH = "/home/captainhampton/gap4r8/bin/gap.sh"
sage.interfaces.gap.gap_cmd = GAP_PATH
which is where I've installed the 4.8.8 version of GAP. Indeed, if I run
gap.console()
┌───────┐ GAP 4.8.8, 20-Aug-2017, build of 2017-10-12 22:05:03 (EDT)
│ GAP │
└───────┘ Architecture: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc-default64
Libs used: gmp, readline
Loading the library and packages ...
Components: trans 1.0, prim 2.1, small* 1.0, id* 1.0
Packages: AClib 1.2, Alnuth 3.0.0, AtlasRep 1.5.1, AutPGrp 1.8, Browse 1.8.7, CRISP 1.4.4, Cryst 4.1.12, CrystCat 1.1.6, CTblLib 1.2.2, FactInt 1.5.4, FGA 1.3.1, GAPDoc 1.6,
IO 4.4.6, IRREDSOL 1.4, LAGUNA 3.7.0, Polenta 1.3.7, Polycyclic 2.11, RadiRoot 2.7, ResClasses 4.6.0, Sophus 1.23, SpinSym 1.5, TomLib 1.2.6, Utils 0.46
Try '??help' for help. See also '?copyright', '?cite' and '?authors'
However, if in SAGE, this does not change gap.version(). It still gives 4.8.3. Is there a way I can point this gap to the 4.8.8 version? Thanks.
This would require you mucking with the code that gives the gap version in Sage, which may be hardcoded in the pkg. But clearly it is running correctly otherwise.
Right, but unfortunately I require the use of GAP 4.8.8 instead of 4.8.3 due to KBMAG package. So being able to update GAP in SAGE would be really really helpful to me.