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diff --git a/academic/sage-bin/README b/academic/sage-bin/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..af657a74cc --- /dev/null +++ b/academic/sage-bin/README @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Sage is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under +the GPL. It combines the power of many existing open-source packages +into a common Python-based interface. + +Sage can be used in several ways: through an interactive command line, +by writing stand-alone scripts, through the graphical notebook +interface in a browser, or through the KDE Cantor application (part +of a full Slackware installation). + +This SlackBuild repackages an already-built binary package which +exceeds 1.5GB in size, and the resulting Slackware package uses >5GB +disk space. + +To upgrade from the previous source-built Sage package from SBo, use +the upgradepkg command like this: + + upgradepkg sage%sage-bin-8.3-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz + +After installing or upgrading, you will need to logout or reboot so +that sage is found in your path. + +Sage's default colour scheme is for a terminal with a light background. +For a dark backgrounded terminal you may prefer the scheme after +issuing: + + mkdir -p ~/.sage; echo "%colors Linux" >> ~/.sage/init.sage + +For 32-bit i686, the most recent binary package is version 8.2. You can +download sage-8.2-Debian_GNU_Linux_8-i686.tar.bz2 and then use this +SlackBuild as follows: + + VERSION=8.2 DEBVERSION=8 ARCH=i686 ./sage-bin.SlackBuild |