Installing SageMath on Ubuntu and Arch Another quick and dirty install guide. Installing SageMath on Ubuntu Installing packages with apt update apt upgrade apt install cantor-backend-sage maxima-sage sagetex sagemath sagemath-database-conway-polynomials sagemath-database-elliptic-curves sagemath-database-graphs sagemath-database-mutually-combinatorial-designs sagemath-database-polytopes sagemath-doc sagemath-jupyter screen Then set the jupyter password with the command jupyter notebook password Then you are asked for a password. After that we create a notebooks dir and cd into it. then we start the jupyter server. mkdir notebooks cd notebooks jupyter notebook --allow-root When closing the terminal window you will have no server. You can hold it open with screen. The notebook will be available on http://localhost:8888/ with set password. Installing SageMath on Arch The same as above though with the following install commands. pacman -Syu pacman -S sage-data-elliptic_curves sage-numerical-backends-coin sagemath sagemath-doc sagemath-jupyter sagetex screen