Time for action – installing NumPy, Matplotlib, SciPy, and IPython on Linux

Most Linux distributions have NumPy packages. We will go through the necessary steps for some of the popular Linux distros:

1. Run the following instructions from the command line for installing NumPy and Red Hat:

   yum install python-numpy
   

2. To install NumPy on Mandriva, run the following command-line instruction:

   urpmi python-numpy
   

3. To install NumPy on Gentoo run the following command-line instruction:

   sudo emerge numpy
   

4. To install NumPy on Debian or Ubuntu, we need to type the following :

   sudo apt-get install python-numpy
   

The following table gives an overview of the Linux distributions and corresponding package names for NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and IPython.

Linux distribution	NumPy	SciPy	Matplotlib	IPython
Arch Linux	python-numpy	python-scipy	python-matplotlib	ipython
Debian	python-numpy	python-scipy	python-matplotlib	ipython
Fedora	numpy	python-scipy	python-matplotlib	ipython
Gentoo	dev-python/numpy	scipy	matplotlib	ipython
OpenSUSE	python-numpy, python-numpy-devel	python-scipy	python-matplotlib	ipython
Slackware	numpy	scipy	matplotlib	ipython

What just happened?

We installed NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and IPython on various Linux distributions.