Invalid instructions in the Installation Guide for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

[egourgoulhon]

Steps To Reproduce

No response

Expected Behavior

This Debian/Ubuntu command from the Linux system package installation section of Sage 10.4 Installation Guide should run without any error:

sudo apt-get install bc binutils bzip2 ca-certificates cliquer cmake curl \
        ecl eclib-tools fflas-ffpack g++ gap gcc gengetopt gfan gfortran \
        glpk-utils gmp-ecm lcalc libatomic-ops-dev libboost-dev \
        libbraiding-dev libbrial-dev libbrial-groebner-dev libbz2-dev \
        libcdd-dev libcdd-tools libcliquer-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libec-dev \
        libecm-dev libffi-dev libflint-dev libfplll-dev libfreetype-dev \
        libgap-dev libgc-dev libgd-dev libgf2x-dev libgiac-dev libgivaro-dev \
        libglpk-dev libgmp-dev libgsl-dev libhomfly-dev libiml-dev \
        liblfunction-dev liblinbox-dev liblrcalc-dev liblzma-dev libm4ri-dev \
        libm4rie-dev libmpc-dev libmpfi-dev libmpfr-dev libncurses5-dev \
        libntl-dev libopenblas-dev libpari-dev libplanarity-dev libppl-dev \
        libprimecount-dev libprimesieve-dev libpython3-dev libqhull-dev \
        libreadline-dev librw-dev libsingular4-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev \
        libsuitesparse-dev libsymmetrica2-dev libz-dev libzmq3-dev m4 make \
        maxima maxima-sage meson nauty ninja-build openssl palp pari-doc \
        pari-elldata pari-galdata pari-galpol pari-gp2c pari-seadata patch \
        patchelf perl pkg-config planarity ppl-dev python3 python3-setuptools \
        python3-venv qhull-bin singular singular-doc sqlite3 sympow tachyon \
        tar texinfo tox xcas xz-utils

Actual Behavior

As reported in https://ask.sagemath.org/question/78449/, running the above command in Ubuntu 24.04 fails with the errors

E: Package 'libbrial-dev' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package libbrial-groebner-dev
E: Package 'maxima-sage' has no installation candidate

along with

Note, selecting 'libncurses-dev' instead of 'libncurses5-dev'
Note, selecting 'zlib1g-dev' instead of 'libz-dev'

Additional Information

A corrected list of packages for the sudo apt install command, which works for Ubuntu 24.04, is posted at https://sagemanifolds.obspm.fr/install_ubuntu.html

Environment

- **OS**: Ubuntu 24.04
- **Sage Version**: 10.4

Checklist

• I have searched the existing issues for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success.
• I have read the documentation and troubleshoot guide

[mkoeppe]

The problem with brial will go away with:

• Demote brial (= polybori) from standard to optional, add distribution sagemath-brial, enlarge sagemath-objects, sagemath-categories #36380

See also:

• configure: For Debian, show system package commands that work when some packages are missing #38244