Re: pari-gp in trixie-backports: please update Unix install documentation

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Sun, May 10, 2026 at 03:58:27PM +0200, stes@telenet.be wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I installed using the command:
> 
>  apt install --no-install-recommends pari-gp

Great! If you do that, then please rather do

apt install --no-install-recommends pari-gp pari-doc

so you also get the documentation (without tex, but you can use gphelp -detex instead).

> The install guide discusses compiling PARI but not installing it from apt or trixie-backports etc.

Sure, but it seems to me this belongs to the Debian backports manual rather than to pari.
You could just have downloaded the pari-gp.deb on the website and installed it.

> The FAQ has a system specific part and indicates that it is possible to install PARI using "apt install pari-gp" but it does not discuss adding trixie-backports or using the --no-install-recommends switch.
> 
> Also are there any plans to provide PARI 2.17.3 for bookworm-backports ?? for Debian 12.13 "bookworm"
> https://www.debian.org/News/2026/2026011002

No, but I can try to do that if you like.

Cheers,
Bill.