Installation Guide for Python

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1 GPDI 513 Beginner s Guide to the Python Programming Language Installation Guide for Python Linux Operating System If you are using a Linux computer, open the terminal and type the following commands in the given order: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall sudo apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev sudo apt-get install libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev cd /usr/src sudo wget sudo tar xzf Python-3.6.0b3.tgz cd Python-3.6.0b3/ sudo./configure sudo make altinstall sudo apt-get install idle3 To run Python with IDLE, simply type idle3 on the terminal. IDLE is an Integrated DeveLopment Environment and it has a text-editor with syntax highlighting, auto-completion, smart indent and other useful features. If you wish to use python without IDLE, type python or python3.6 on the terminal to run it. No problem! You can also check to find an installation tutorial for Python 3.6 and IDLE on Linux. If it does not work out either, then we will help you during the workshop.

2 OS X/macOS Operating System If you are using a Mac computer, please go through the following steps: Open your browser (Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.) Go to and click on the "Downloads" section. Choose MAC OS X. Website will possibly choose your operating system automatically. Click on "Python version." It should start downloading the executable file. Once the executable file is downloaded, go to Downloads section and click to python macosx pkg file (the file might have a different name depending on your operating system and the version of python you are installing). When you click on the file, the installation will start. Throughout the installation, leave the default options as they are, agree to the terms of the software license agreement and click on the "Continue" button until the installation is complete. You might be asked to enter your username and password. When the installation is complete, click on "Search" item on the upper-right part of the screen and type idle. By doing that, you run Python with IDLE which is an Integrated DeveLopment Environment and it has a text-editor with syntax highlighting, auto-completion, smart indent and other useful features. To run python without IDLE, go to the terminal on your Mac. In the terminal, type python. No problem! You can also check to find an installation tutorial for Python 3.6 and IDLE on Mac. If it does not work out either, then we will help you during the workshop.

3 Windows Operating System If you are using Windows operating system, please follow the instructions given below: Open your browser (Google, Firefox or Safari are the most popular ones) and go to Then, click on the "Downloads" button. Choose the "Windows" option. Click on the first option, "Latest Python 3 Release - Python 3.6.2" and find Windows x86-64 executable installer on the next window. When you click on it, you will start downloading the executable file (with the.exe extension). Once you download the file, go to your "Downloads" folder on your computer. Find the executable file (possibly named as python amd64.exe ) and double-click on it to initiate the installation. Double-clicking will start the installation setup. Before clicking the "Install Now" button, click on the "Add Python to PATH" selection. Then click on the "Install Now" button. In the next window, click on "Yes". Then you will see "Setup was successful" window. Once the installation is complete, click on the Start menu in your computer to search for Python. You will see four options. Click on IDLE (Python 3.6.2) button to run Python with IDLE which is an Integrated DeveLopment Environment and it has a text-editor with syntax highlighting, auto-completion, smart indent and other useful features. You can also use python from the terminal without IDLE. For that, click on the Python 3.6 (command line) option. No problem! You can also check to find an installation tutorial for Python 3.6 and IDLE on Windows. If it does not work out either, then we will help you during the workshop.

4 Installation Guide for Python Packages Throughout the workshop, we will also use a lot of different Python packages which are collections of codes that will help us save time. Here is the list of Python packages we will need for the hands-on exercises: cycler== patsy==0.4.1 scipy== matplotlib==2.0.0 pyparsing==2.2.0 six== numpy== python-dateutil==2.6.0 statsmodels==0.8.0 pandas== pytz== Linux Operating System If you are using a Linux computer, open the terminal and enter the following commands to install the Python packages that we will need during the workshop. You might be asked to enter your password. sudo wget python3.6 get-pip.py python3.6 -m pip install cycler== python3.6 -m pip install matplotlib==2.0.0 python3.6 -m pip install numpy== python3.6 -m pip install pandas== python3.6 -m pip install patsy==0.4.1 python3.6 -m pip install pyparsing==2.2.0 python3.6 -m pip install python-dateutil==2.6.0 python3.6 -m pip install pytz== python3.6 -m pip install scipy== python3.6 -m pip install six== python3.6 -m pip install statsmodels==0.8.0

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6 OS X/macOS Operating System If you are using a Mac computer, open your internet browser such as Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari and then follow the instructions given below: Using your browser, go to website and copy the link. Then go to your "Applications" folder and go to "Utilities" and click on "Terminal". First check if pip is installed, if you type pip on the terminal and see " command not found error " on the terminal, then continue the following instructions. If not, then you have pip already. Therefore, you can just follow the last instruction. On your terminal, type curl To execute the get-pip.py script, simply type sudo python get-pip.py on the terminal. Then to install the Python packages, on the terminal, you can type sudo pip install numpy== to install the first Python package that is called numpy. For the rest of the Python packages, type the following commands on the terminal. pip install cycler== pip install matplotlib==2.0.0 pip install pandas== pip install patsy==0.4.1 pip install pyparsing==2.2.0 pip install python-dateutil==2.6.0 pip install pytz== pip install scipy== pip install six== pip install statsmodels==0.8.0 No problem! You can also check to install the required Python packages. If it does not work out either, then we will help you during the workshop.

7 Windows Operating System If you are using a Windows computer, open your favorite browser such as Google Chrome and follow the instructions given below: Go to and go to the installation page. Then scroll down on the website until you find get-pip.py file and download it by clicking on the get-pip.py link and save it (right-click with your mouse and save it). When it is downloaded, double-click on it to run. Then open your command prompt from Start menu. On the command prompt, and type the following commands to install the required Python packages: pip install cycler== pip install matplotlib==2.0.0 pip install pandas== pip install patsy==0.4.1 pip install pyparsing==2.2.0 pip install python-dateutil==2.6.0 pip install pytz== pip install scipy== pip install six== pip install statsmodels==0.8.0 No problem! You can also check to install the required Python packages. If it does not work out either, then we will help you during the workshop.