PyBc/InstallPythonOnLinux

Table of Contents

  1. Python Bootcamp
  2. Installing Python
  3. Basic Data Types
  4. Using Functions and Modules
  5. Modules, Scripts, Packages and Classes
  6. Using NumPy
  7. Graphing with MatPlotLib
  8. Using Scipy
  9. Statistics in Python with R
  10. Working With Python
  11. Using Python and FORTRAN with F2py
  12. Extending python with C/C++ using SWIG
  13. Speeding up Python with Cython
  14. Python/C Extension: PyTables
  15. Python/C Extension: PyTAPS
  16. Creating IRC and Email Bots
  17. Web Development: An introduction to Django
  18. GIS and Hardware Interface Example
  19. Advanced Python
  20. Making GUI's with WxPython
  21. Batteries Included - The Python Standard Library

Installing Scientific Python on Linux

Distributions

Debian Lenny

su -
aptitude install ipython python-numpy python-numpy-doc python-numpy-ext python-numpy-dev python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-data python-matplotlib-doc python-scipy mayavi2 python-setuptools r-base idle
easy_install rpy2

Fedora 12

su -
yum install ipython scipy numpy python-basemap python-matplotlib Mayavi python-setuptools-devel R python-tools
easy_install rpy2

Gentoo

su -
emerge ipython scipy numpy matplotlib mayavi:2 R '>=dev-python/rpy-2' basemap

Ubuntu 9.10

sudo apt-get install ipython python-numpy python-numpy-doc python-numpy-ext python-numpy-dev python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-data python-matplotlib-doc python-scipy mayavi2 python-setuptools r-base python-rpy2 idle

Ubuntu 9.04

sudo apt-get install ipython python-numpy python-numpy-doc python-numpy-ext python-numpy-dev python-matplotlib python-matplotlib-data python-matplotlib-doc python-scipy python-setuptools r-base idle
easy_install rpy2

UW-Madison CAE

ssh -X <username>@best-tux.cae.wisc.edu
mkdir rpy2i
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/rpy/rpy2/2.0.8/rpy2-2.0.8.tar.gz
tar xvzf rpy2-2.0.8.tar.gz
cd rpy2-2.0.8
python setup.py install --root=~/rpy2i
echo 'export PYTHONPATH="${HOME}/rpy2i/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Fire up an IPython Shell

At a shell prompt 

ipython

Test your installation

Awesome! Proceed to Testing your installation.

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