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src/doc/en/installation: Recommend to not use Sage older than 9.5; recommend Arch, Void downstream packages
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src/doc/en/installation/index.rst

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If you are on an older version of your distribution and a recent
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version of SageMath is only available on a newer version of the
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distribution, consider upgrading your distribution.
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In particular, do not install a version of Sage older than 9.2.
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In particular, do not install a version of Sage older than 9.5.
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- **No root access, or on an older distribution:** Install SageMath from
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the `conda-forge <https://conda-forge.org/>`_ project, as described in section

src/doc/en/installation/linux.rst

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SageMath is available from various distributions and can be installed
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by package managers.
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See `the _sagemath dummy package <../reference/spkg/_sagemath.html>`_
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for the names of packages that provide a standard installation of
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SageMath, including documentation and Jupyter.
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As of Sage 10.2, we can recommend the following distributions, which
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provide well-maintained and up-to-date SageMath packages:
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`Arch Linux <https://archlinux.org/>`_
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and `Void Linux <https://voidlinux.org/>`_.
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See also `repology.org: sagemath
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<https://repology.org/project/sagemath/versions>`_ for information
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about versions of SageMath packages in various distributions.
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**Do not install a version of Sage older than 9.2.**
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Gentoo users might want to give a try to
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`sage-on-gentoo <https://github.com/cschwan/sage-on-gentoo>`_.
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**Do not install a version of Sage older than 9.5.**
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If you are on an older version of your distribution and a recent
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version of SageMath is only available on a newer version of the
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distribution, consider upgrading your distribution.
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Gentoo users might want to give a try to
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`sage-on-gentoo <https://github.com/cschwan/sage-on-gentoo>`_.
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See `the _sagemath dummy package <../reference/spkg/_sagemath.html>`_
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for the names of packages that provide a standard installation of
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SageMath, including documentation and Jupyter. See also `repology.org: sagemath
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<https://repology.org/project/sagemath/versions>`_ for information
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about versions of SageMath packages in various distributions.
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The `GitHub wiki page Distribution <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/wiki/Distribution>` collects information
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The `GitHub wiki page Distribution <https://github.com/sagemath/sage/wiki/Distribution>`_ collects information
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regarding packaging and distribution of SageMath.

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