Installing Anaconda on Linux
Anaconda is a free, enterprise-ready Python distribution for data analytics, processing and scientific computing. In this recipe, we will see how to install Anaconda on Linux. Before proceeding with the installation, let's consider the version of Python we're going to use. There are two versions or flavors of Python, namely Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x. Although the latest version, Python 3.x, appears to be the better choice, for scientific, numeric, or data analysis work, Python 2.7 is recommended.
Getting ready
To step through this recipe, you need Ubuntu 14.04 (Linux flavor) installed on the machine. Python comes pre-installed. python --version gives the version of the Python installed. If the version is 2.6.x, upgrade it to Python 2.7 as follows:
sudo apt-get install python2.7
How to do it…
Once Python version 2.7.x is available, download the Anaconda installer from https://www.continuum.io/downloads and type the following in the terminal window at the path...
