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Python can be pain to maintain on your own, especially if you require up-to-date packages. To get around this, there are a number of Python distributions that bundle packages. These work independent of the installation provided on your operating systems. The largest two are [[https://enthought.com/|Enthought Canopy]] and [[https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/|Anaconda]]. With a (free) academic license, you can install either in your own ICS home directory or your laptops. | Python can be pain to maintain on your own, especially if you require up-to-date packages. To get around this, there are a number of Python distributions that bundle packages. These work independent of the installation provided on your operating systems. The largest two are [[https://enthought.com/|Enthought Canopy]] and [[https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/|Anaconda]]. With a (free) academic license, you can install either in your own ICS home directory or your laptops. | ||
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+ | ===== Volker's Anaconda Installation ===== | ||
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+ | If you don't want to use the Enthough installation discussed below, you can also hijack Volker's personal Anaconda installation. To do so, simply append | ||
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+ | export PATH=/home/ics/volker/Anaconda/bin:$PATH | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | to your the .bashrc file in home directory. | ||
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+ | ===== Global Enthought Installation ===== | ||
For convenience, we provide a site-wide installation of Enthought Canopy on the zBox. It comes with the most wanted packages (IPython/Numpy/Scipy/Matplotlib/Scikit). You can use it as follows. | For convenience, we provide a site-wide installation of Enthought Canopy on the zBox. It comes with the most wanted packages (IPython/Numpy/Scipy/Matplotlib/Scikit). You can use it as follows. |