Linux: Installing Python & its scientific computing packages
While the overall recommendations will not change, the details will always
be dated. These notes were updated 31 March 2009.
If you're reading this much after these dates, you may encounter changes or,
in fact, may benefit from more up-to-date procedures and packages.
Basic Redhat Linux Install:
- Update your version of RedHat.
- Go to the
Enthought Python Distribution
page. Click on Download Now and give your name and email address.
Click on the Educational Use
button. Select the appropriate EPD for RedHat installer and click
on the
Download Now button. Then wait ... this is a large download
(> 250 MB).
- Once the download is complete, depending on your browser, it should
automatically uncompress and open
an installer. (If not, find where it was downloaded and then
double-click the download file to manually uncompress. This should open a
window.)
- There you'll see the installer. Double click on this and work
through the steps presented.
Other Lini:
I am working on Ubuntu Linux instructions, but not yet done.
Generally, though, Unix/Linux installations are
very similar to those for Mac OS X, which use X11 Windows and the Debian
Linux package manager (on OS X this is called 'fink'). So, if you know how
to use apt-get and related commands in the Debian Linux package management
tools, then you can easily follow the overall instructions
here.