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update sage, best practice?

asked 2011-08-21 19:12:51 +0100

dartdog gravatar image

Have 4.6.1 installed thinking of updating to 4.7.1 on Ubuntu 10.10 what is best practice? can I just re-install over current?

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Thanks,, I hope to get to it shortly, would be nice if that info was somehow displayed a bit more prominently in the release notes :-)

dartdog gravatar imagedartdog ( 2011-08-22 22:51:56 +0100 )edit

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answered 2011-08-22 03:07:11 +0100

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If you are downloading the pre-built Sage binaries, just move the old sage directory for 4.6.1 out of the way (mv sage sage.OLD) and unpack the new sage-4.7.1 in the parent where the old installtion was (in case you have scripts or aliases that refer to that installation.

This won't affect your sage notebook account or your saved notebooks since those are saved in your ~/.sage directory.

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answered 2011-08-22 09:06:24 +0100

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Another option, which ''should'' work from one final release to another, is to upgrade. In the Sage directory, do ./sage -upgrade and answer yes to questions. Then it will build. This will require you to have gcc and various other prereqs, though

If you have a binary ready for your platform, it's probably just easier to use Benjamin's answer, but sometimes it's a personal preference, especially if you think you might eventually do development work.

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I agree with @kcrisman, but I have to say I've *always* had problems with -upgrade . . . the warning given before the upgrading doesn't inspire much confidence either.

niles gravatar imageniles ( 2011-08-22 09:15:24 +0100 )edit

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