Document installing sagemath kernel without copying documentation

[nbruin]

Follow up to #30476: Using jupyter kernelspec to install sagemath kernel results in copying about 2Gb of documentation into the jupyter kernels share directory. That's generally not the spot to put large files/documentation. Document how to avoid this.

Component: documentation

Author: Nils Bruin

Branch/Commit: 79914c2

Reviewer: Matthias Koeppe

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/31620

[nbruin]

comment:1

The procedure to follow would be something like:

• Use sage -sh -c 'ls -d $SAGE_LOCAL/share/jupyter/kernels/sagemath' to find location of sagemath kernel to install
• Use jupyter --paths to find eligible data locations (for a "user" install, there will likely be something like $HOME/.local/share/jupyter there.
• Installing the sagemath kernel should then amount to something like

ln -s `sage -sh -c 'ls -d $SAGE_LOCAL/share/jupyter/kernels/sagemath'` $HOME/.local/share/jupyter

We may want to check/refine these instructions to be a little more robust and/or appropriate for other operating systems, but having this documented in an easily discovered place would help. These instructions should probaly be placed or linked to in src/doc/en/installation/launching.rst

[mkoeppe]

comment:2

See also previous discussions in #30298

[mkoeppe]

comment:3

Replying to @nbruin:

The procedure to follow would be something like:

• Use sage -sh -c 'ls -d $SAGE_LOCAL/share/jupyter/kernels/sagemath' to find location of sagemath kernel to install

For this first step, I think we may want to add an option to the sage script that just prints the location

[nbruin]

Branch: u/nbruin/document_installing_sagemath_kernel_without_copying_documentation

[nbruin]

New commits:

79914c2

Document installing sagemath kernel without copying

[nbruin]

Author: Nils Bruin

[nbruin]

Commit: 79914c2

[nbruin]

comment:6

Replying to @mkoeppe:

Replying to @nbruin:

The procedure to follow would be something like:

• Use sage -sh -c 'ls -d $SAGE_LOCAL/share/jupyter/kernels/sagemath' to find location of sagemath kernel to install

For this first step, I think we may want to add an option to the sage script that just prints the location

I don't think it's something people need to do very often, so they'd need to look up how to do it anyway. As long as it's easily discovered and a readily copy-pastable formula, I don't think it's so bad if it's a little long. At least it's transparent what is going on for someone with generic bash skills. Let's first get this documented. It's a safe and easy change, so we can still include it in 9.3. Then it'll be up on sagemath.org in the near future and then hopefully search engines can pick it up.

[mkoeppe]

comment:7

OK, that's fine with me.

[mkoeppe]

Reviewer: Matthias Koeppe