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--- blog:installing_sage_on_ubuntu_11.10 [2012-02-08 19:11] – brb
+++ blog:installing_sage_on_ubuntu_11.10 [2012-02-13 18:36] – [Setting up sagetex for LaTeX] brb
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 Download the file for you platform from here http://www.sagemath.org/download-linux.html
-Unpack in opt, this gives you a directory /opt/sage-4.xy...
+Unpack/move the build or downloaded files to /opt, this gives you a directory /opt/sage-4.xy...
+===== Finishing up the installation =====
 Make a symolic link to this directory:
   sudo ln -s /opt/sage-4.... /opt/sage
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   sage:
-If you get errors when starting up, then probably the first start as root has created some files in the directory ~./sage which now belong to root instead of you ($USER)
+If you get errors when starting up, then probably the first start as root has created some files in the directory ~./sage which now belong to root instead of you (USER)
+<code>
   cd .sage
   sudo chown $USER:$USER * -R
   sage
-Should now work.
+</code>
+Shou
+ld now work.
+===== Setting up sagetex for LaTeX =====
-If you use LaTeX and want to integrate sage into your latex files (which give you all the power of sage/maxima/maple/... directly inside you LaTeX file!):
+If you use LaTeX and want to integrate sage into your latex files (which gives you all the power of sage/maxima/maple/... directly inside you LaTeX file!):
-  * mkdir ~/texmf
+<code>
-  * ln -s /opt/sage/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/sagetex/ ~/textmf/sagetex
+  mkdir ~/texmf
-  * sudo texhash
+  ln -s /opt/sage/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/sagetex/ ~/textmf/sagetex
+  sudo texhash
+</code>
-Now you have the sagetex.sty file from the sage installation available. If you run texlive, it's a good idea to hunt down and rename the outdated sagetex.sty file
+Now you have the sagetex.sty file from the sage installation available. If you run texlive, it's a good idea to hunt down and rename the outdated sagetex.sty file which probably hangs around:
   cd /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/sagetex
   ls