Python distribution for Scientists on Linux

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I would like to find out if there is a Pythonxy.com equivalent for Linux/Mac OS X yet?

any kind of pointers would be helpful?

Thanks and best regards, Vishal Sapre

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 14 '11 at 07:29

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Pythonxy exists for linux : http://pythonxy-linux.googlecode.com

answered Apr 14 '11 at 07:29

Sandro Munda

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the pythonxy distribution for Linux is only an experiment as of now, there is nothing to download [on their download page](http://code.google.com/p/pythonxy-linux/downloads/list) – Vishal Apr 16 '11 at 05:39
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Yes but you can retrieve the source : hg clone https://pythonxy-linux.googlecode.com/hg/ pythonxy-linux – Sandro Munda Apr 16 '11 at 09:31

static_rtti · Answer 2 · 2015-10-29T13:04:50.267

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For linux, you don't need something like PythonXY, because it's already very easy to install packages with your package manager. Things are actually a lot better integrated under linux than under windows.

What you need to do is pick a good linux distribution, and install the packages you like with the package manager (apt, dnf, pacman...)

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answered Apr 14 '11 at 08:08

static_rtti

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It might be easy to donwload one or two packages, but the kind of packages that pythonxy comes with, is a full time project when it comes to maintainence. Managing all the different versions of packages with their conflicts etc is a full time job. We want to find if something already is present, otherwise, we'll have to do it anyways. – Vishal Apr 16 '11 at 05:41
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This is what the distribution does. Are you familiar with the concept of the package manager? – static_rtti Apr 16 '11 at 15:25
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Something like: `sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib ipython ipython-notebook python-pandas python-sympy python-nose` – cjohnson318 Oct 29 '13 at 16:22
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If you can't get the package manager to do it right (old version, not there, etc) you can still use pip. It works beautifully on linux, less so on Windows. – Riet Feb 24 '15 at 14:12
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This should be the answer marked as correct. Pythonxy for Linux would be only a meta package having as dependencies numpy, pandas, etc. – Ricardo Magalhães Cruz Oct 29 '15 at 09:37

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 14 '11 at 07:34

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There's always Sage.

answered Apr 14 '11 at 07:34

Lauritz V. Thaulow

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '11 at 08:33

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The FOSSEE project is specifically targetted at FOSS for scientists and engineers. Their offerings are mostly Python based and might contain the tools you need.

answered Apr 14 '11 at 08:33

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 14 '11 at 07:51

You could take a look at the Enthought Python Distribution. It "provides scientists with a comprehensive set of tools to perform rigorous data analysis and visualization." EPD is available for Windows, Mac OS, RedHat, Ubuntu, Suse and Solaris. It is not free, though (and I am in no way affiliated to them).

Python distribution for Scientists on Linux

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