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The SageAppliance is a virtual appliance to run SageMath in a virtual machine.

For a long period of time, this was the only way to use SageMath under Windows.

Note that since Sage 8.0, there is also a native SageMath installer for Windows, thanks to the work of Erik Bray (funded by OpenDreamKit, the Horizon 2020 European Research Infrastructures project #676541).

The purpose and features of the native SageMath installer for Windows and of the SageAppliance are slightly different:

The SageMath installer for Windows
- installs a version of SageMath that runs natively in Windows;
- has been reported to install easily and to work well;
- does not provide a virtual machine running Ubuntu GNU/Linux;
- does not allow installing extra packages, so far.
The SageAppliance
- provides a virtual machine running Ubuntu GNU/Linux;
- allows to install extra packages;
- allows to do development work on SageMath.

Installation instructions for the SageAppliance are available here

General installation instructions are on SageAppliance/Installation.

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-The !SageAppliance is a virtual machine designed for running !SageMath in a virtual machine.
+The !SageAppliance is a virtual appliance to run !SageMath in a virtual machine.
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-This gives a way to use !SageMath under Windows.
+For a long period of time, this was the only way to use !SageMath under Windows.
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-Find the installation instructions
+Note that since Sage 8.0, there is also a
[[SageWindows|native SageMath installer for Windows]],
thanks to the work of Erik Bray (funded by
[[https://opendreamkit.org/|OpenDreamKit]],
the Horizon 2020 European Research Infrastructures project #676541).
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- * for [[SageAppliance/SageMath-7|SageMath 7.0 and higher]]
 * for [[SageAppliance/Sage-5-x-or-6-x|Sage 5.0 to SageMath 6.10]]
 * for [[SageAppliance/Sage-4|Sage 4.x]]
+The purpose and features of the native !SageMath installer for Windows
and of the !SageAppliance are slightly different:

  * The !SageMath installer for Windows
    * installs a version of !SageMath that runs natively in Windows;
    * has been reported to install easily and to work well;
    * does not provide a virtual machine running Ubuntu GNU/Linux;
    * does not allow installing extra packages, so far.
  * The !SageAppliance
    * provides a virtual machine running Ubuntu GNU/Linux;
    * allows to install extra packages;
    * allows to do development work on !SageMath.

Installation instructions for the !SageAppliance are available here

  * for [[SageAppliance/SageMath-7|SageMath 7.0 and higher]]
  * for [[SageAppliance/Sage-5-x-or-6-x|Sage 5.0 to !SageMath 6.10]]
  * for [[SageAppliance/Sage-4|Sage 4.x]]