Why can't I install Sage as a package in an existing Python environment, when every other Python package can be used in this way? How is Sage's bundled Python interpreter different from a normal Python interpreter?
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Why can't I install Sage as a package in an existing Python environment
In fact you can, in many cases.
Sage is a huge Python library with many non-Python dependencies.
Historically, the way to make all these dependencies work together was to provide a complete distribution.
Tremendous effort has since been put into modularising it and packaging it for various distributions.
In Arch, Conda, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Guix, Nix, and other distributions, you can install Sage to work with the distribution's Python.
Modularisation efforts are ongoing to make Sage even more modular and easier to install for an existing Python installation.
This work is tracked at
That's nice to here! I was under the impression (probably mistakenly) that SAGE required python to be compiled with non-standard gcc flags different from a normal python build. Is it possible for SAGE to work with Python3 from the package manager of Ubuntu 20.04?
Sage works with a very standard Python
When building Sage from source, one can decide to use the system Python or to build Python.
To install Sage for your system's Python with your system's package manager, run this in a terminal:
sudo apt install sagemath sagemath-jupyter sagemath-docor install these packages using the Ubuntu package manager application.
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