Installing Sage From Source

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.

Software Prerequisites:

1. gcc 4.x and above
2. g++
3. gfortran
4. make
5. m4
6. perl
7. ranlib
8. tar
9. readline and its development headers
10. ssh-keygen -- needed to run the notebook in secure mode.
11. latex -- highly recommended, though not strictly required

OS and hardware Prerequisites:

1. 2 GB of free disk space 
2. Linux (32 bits or 64-bits or IA64 or 32-bit PPC or MAC OS X) 

Steps to install Sage:

# tar xvf sage-x.y.z.tar
# cd sage-x.y.z
# make
# ./sage

Finally add the directory of SAGE to your Path Directory

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sage-x.y.z/

For more detailed information on installation of SAGE, do look at the Steps to Install from Source