• Install thebinary build of SageMathfrom the 3-manifolds project. It is a signed and notarized app, whichworks for macOS 10.12 and newer. It is completely self-contained andprovides the standard Sage distribution together with many optionalpackages. Additional optional Python packages can be installed with the%pip magic command and will go into your~/.sage directory.

• Alternatively, install SageMath from theconda-forge project, as described in sectionInstall from conda-forge.

EnableWindows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and installUbuntu as follows.

• Make sure that hardware-assisted virtualization is enabled inthe EFI or BIOS of your system. If in doubt, refer to yoursystem’s documentation for instructions on how to do this.

• Run the WSL install command as administrator.This will install Ubuntu Linux.

  Note that the basic instructions in the linked article apply toup-to-date installations of Windows 10 and 11, but there arealso links to the procedures for older builds of Windows 10.

• If you had installed WSL previously or installed it usingdifferent instructions,verify that you are running WSL 2.

• Set up your Linux username and password.Do not include any spaces in your username.

• If your computer has less than 8GB of RAM,change the WSL settingsto make at least 4GB of RAM available to WSL.

Start Ubuntu from the Start menu, and type the following commandsto install Sage from conda-forge. The second step will ask a few questions,and you may need to hitEnter to confirm or typeyesand then hitEnter.

$curl-L-O"https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/latest/download/Miniforge3-$(uname)-$(uname-m).sh"$bashMiniforge3-$(uname)-$(uname-m).sh$condacreate-nsagesagepython=3.12

(If there are any installation failures, please report them tothe conda-forge maintainers by opening aGitHub Issue forconda-forge/sage-feedstock.)

You can now start SageMath as follows:

$condaactivatesage$sage

$sage