Packages in Python

We will familiarize with three packages of Python- Numpy, Scipy, andPylab, which are the packages that help in scientific computation. NumPy and SciPy packages were born to solve the performance-related issues in Python, to handle multi-dimensional arrays and matrices, and to reduce the computational time and labor of programming.

First of all, we need to install these packages.

WINDOWS

Installing the packages in Windows is very easy, where it can be done with the help of EasyInstall package. Download EasyInstall from Python.org and install it into your PC. Go to the file folder of EasyInstall (usually this will be in Python folder/Script) and type the name of the chosen package.

For this, Please download file from here

Now open command prompt and run the downloaded file

C:\User\Desktop>python setup.py

This will install the easy install. Now you can install packages by giving the command

[Path of easy installer.exe] [Space] [Required package]

for example, C:\Python27\Scripts\easy_install.exe numpy

You can download and

LINUX

For Linux (ubuntu/debian) users, you can directly install any package by typing the following command on terminal:

sudo apt-get install python- [package]