.. _spkg_sagemath_environment:

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sagemath_environment: System and software environment
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About SageMath
--------------

   "Creating a Viable Open Source Alternative to
    Magma, Maple, Mathematica, and MATLAB"

   Copyright (C) 2005-2024 The Sage Development Team

   https://www.sagemath.org

SageMath fully supports all major Linux distributions, recent versions of
macOS, and Windows (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

See https://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/installation/index.html
for general installation instructions.


About this pip-installable distribution package
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The pip-installable distribution package `sagemath-environment` is a
distribution of a small part of the Sage Library.

It provides a small, fundamental subset of the modules of the Sage
library ("sagelib", `sagemath-standard`), providing the connection to the
system and software environment.  It also includes the `sage` script for
launching the Sage REPL and accessing various developer tools (see `sage
--help`).

Type
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optional


Dependencies
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- $(PYTHON)
- $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN)
- :ref:`spkg_python_build`

Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    10.9

version_requirements.txt::

    sagemath-environment ~= 10.9rc2


Equivalent System Packages
--------------------------

(none known)

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because ``spkg-configure.m4`` has not been written for this package;
see :issue:`27330` for more information.

