sagemath ppa for Ubuntu 12.04

[Jan Groenewald]

Hi

With Ubuntu 12.04 released, here is a reminder.

https://launchpad.net/~aims/+archive/sagemath

apt-add-repository ppa:aims/sagemath
apt-get update
apt-get install sagemath-upstream-binary

This is the packaged sage4.8 from sagemath.org,
built for Ubuntu 10.04, but packaged for 11.04, 11.10, 12.04

The initial work is done, so hopefully I can easily repackage
sage5 or sage4.8 built for Ubuntu12.04.

I hope this makes it easier for many Ubuntu users
unfamiliar with software installation to get sagemath
quickly.

I will somewhere over the next year also look at
a sage-from-source package.


Regards,
Jan

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[Harald Schilly]

On Friday, April 27, 2012 5:15:00 PM UTC+2, Jan Groenewald wrote:

apt-add-repository ppa:aims/sagemath
apt-get update
apt-get install sagemath-upstream-binary

Hi, sounds good. I'm not too familiar with the PPAs, but this procedure also include some signatures for the deb packages, or is it necessary to get them separately? Also, if this is tested well enough I want to mention this on the linux download page. 

H 

[Jan Groenewald]

Hi

The apt-add-repository command fetches the key as well.

Regards,
Jan

[Nicolas M. Thiery]

Dear Jan,

(CC to Thierry Monteil, and the Sage Days 38 organizers)

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 05:15:00PM +0200, Jan Groenewald wrote:
> With Ubuntu 12.04 released, here is a reminder.
>
> https://launchpad.net/~aims/+archive/sagemath
>
> apt-add-repository ppa:aims/sagemath
> apt-get update
> apt-get install sagemath-upstream-binary
>
> This is the packaged sage4.8 from sagemath.org,
> built for Ubuntu 10.04, but packaged for 11.04, 11.10, 12.04
>
> The initial work is done, so hopefully I can easily repackage
> sage5 or sage4.8 built for Ubuntu12.04.

Woohoo, you are my hero of the day!

> I hope this makes it easier for many Ubuntu users unfamiliar with
> software installation to get sagemath quickly.

+1! I also think that the lack of such a ppa was bottleneck number one
for adoption of Sage for Ubuntu users. Sysadmin will also appreciate
that because it makes it easy to install/uninstall/track ...

Do you think this is mature enough for us to use it for the �massive�
installation party at the beginning of Sage Days 38 next week? I guess
we can plan for something like 20-30 downloads.

> I will somewhere over the next year also look at a
> sage-from-source package.

We have a system administrator here (well, in Montpellier actually)
that could be interested in giving a hand. If this is confirmed, would
you be willing to share your work with him (in particular giving at
some point write access to the ppa)?

Cheers,
Nicolas
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http://Nicolas.Thiery.name/

[Jan Groenewald]

Hi

On 29 April 2012 17:34, Nicolas M. Thiery <Nicolas...@u-psud.fr> wrote:

       Dear Jan,

(CC to Thierry Monteil, and the Sage Days 38 organizers)

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 05:15:00PM +0200, Jan Groenewald wrote:
>    With Ubuntu 12.04 released, here is a reminder.
>
>    https://launchpad.net/~aims/+archive/sagemath
>
>    apt-add-repository ppa:aims/sagemath
>    apt-get update
>    apt-get install sagemath-upstream-binary
>
>    This is the packaged sage4.8 from sagemath.org,
>    built for Ubuntu 10.04, but packaged for 11.04, 11.10, 12.04
>
>    The initial work is done, so hopefully I can easily repackage
>    sage5 or sage4.8 built for Ubuntu12.04.

Woohoo, you are my hero of the day!

>    I hope this makes it easier for many Ubuntu users unfamiliar with
>    software installation to get sagemath quickly.

+1! I also think that the lack of such a ppa was bottleneck number one
for adoption of Sage for Ubuntu users. Sysadmin will also appreciate
that because it makes it easy to install/uninstall/track ...

Do you think this is mature enough for us to use it for the «massive»
installation party at the beginning of Sage Days 38 next week? I guess
we can plan for something like 20-30 downloads.

Yes, I think so. Note I am repackaging a binary built by sagemath.org!
Ubuntu 12.04 should happily run something compiled for Ubuntnu 10.04.
Any bugs are likely to come from firefox/java versions. I do run this version
of sage myself for a while now.

If jmol 3d plotting does not work or hangs, set, in about:config in firefox,
dom.ipc.plugins.java.enabled to true.

If the build scripts for upstream binaries are provided to me, and
the particular settings (SAGE_FAT_BINARY, STRIP_WHATEVER, etc.)
it will help me on my path to try sage from source, or just to build
sage5.0 for a binary package. Until I'm more familiar I might prefer
to use a binary built by upstream.
 

>    I will somewhere over the next year also look at a
>    sage-from-source package.

We have a system administrator here (well, in Montpellier actually)
that could be interested in giving a hand. If this is confirmed, would
you be willing to share your work with him (in particular giving at
some point write access to the ppa)?

Of course, all help welcome! Let him send me an email.

Regards,
Jan

[Dan Drake]

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 at 09:36AM -0700, Harald Schilly wrote:
> Hi, sounds good. I'm not too familiar with the PPAs, but this procedure
> also include some signatures for the deb packages, or is it necessary to
> get them separately? Also, if this is tested well enough I want to mention
> this on the linux download page.

It should work well. I think it's worth mentioning on the download page.

Dan

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