using a sage function standalone within python

Question

There is a function within sage, latex, that I want to use in directly from the command line, without dropping into sage the sage client. one way I think this may be possible is to include that sage module into my python script.

using pip install sage doesn't work.

any ideas?

Answer 1

You can't just install Sage as a package with a package, and there is tons of non-Python code in Sage, so it would be hard to do this a priori.

However, you can call Sage from a script pretty easily. Here is an example.

For anyone finding this, in general ask.sagemath.org is going to be a quicker way to get responses - I didn't even know that stackoverflow had a Sage tag.

Answer 2

Yes, but only if you run the script using the special version of Python that is bundled with Sage.

From Sage's docs http://www.sagemath.org/doc/faq/faq-usage.html#how-do-i-import-sage-into-a-python-script

You can import Sage as a library in a Python script. One caveat is that you need to run that Python script using the version of Python that is bundled with Sage; currently Python 2.6.x. To import Sage, put the following in your Python script:

from sage.all import *