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Setting up Python

This is a quick guide. There are a lot of options for setting up python but this is our preferred setup.

Important

Do not set up python in a vagrant server. Instead do it in your host operating system. The vagrant server is a stripped down version of Linux that cannot generate windows so you can have only limited functionality of these tools in a vagrant server.

1. The best way to install python is miniconda. We will use Python 2.7, so use the Python 2.7 installer.

2. Once you have installed that, you can go into a powershell (windows) or terminal (MacOS and Linux) and get the other stuff you need:

     PS> conda install scipy
     PS> conda install matplotlib
     PS> conda install pandas
     PS> conda install gdal
     PS> conda install spyder

3. To run spyder you just type spyder at the command line.

   Warning

   Spyder needs an older version of a package called PyQt. If spyder doesn’t start correctly, run conda install pyqt=4.10 -f