sagemath9 and python3

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Jan 11, 2020, 5:49:08 AM1/11/20

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Hi,

I just installed version 9 of Sagemath including version 3 of the Python kernel.

Does Sagemath contain its own version of Python3 so that it is possible to uninstall another standalone version of Python3?

Big thanks to everyone.

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Jan 11, 2020, 7:49:43 AM1/11/20

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Yes. Sagemath always (for now !) uses its own Python interpreter (Python 2 up to 8.9, Python 3 (by default) starting from 9.0).

Note that:

Sagemath will pretty soon become Python 3-only (see discussion here).
There is a consensus to try to reduce the number of sage-specific package versions needed to run Sagemath (i. e. reducing the size of Sage-the-distribution). This wil eventually include Python (3) itself. But those are long-term plans ; the ultimate goal would be to reduce Sagemath to a pure Python package, explicitly depending on externally installed non-sage-specific software installed through the normal distribution channels

HTH,

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Big thanks to everyone.

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Jan 11, 2020, 8:38:09 AM1/11/20

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Thank to Emmanuel!

Le samedi 11 janvier 2020 11:49:08 UTC+1, Jean-François Ingenbleek a écrit :

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