NumPy Powerful array class and optimized functions on it
pandas
Efficient handling of time series data
PyTables
Hierarchical database using HDF5
SciPy
Collection of scientific functions
Scikit-Learn
Machine learning algorithms
Spyder
Python IDE with syntax checking, debugging, and inspection capabilities
statsmodels
Statistical models
SymPy
Symbolic computation and mathematics
Theano
Mathematical expression compiler
If the installation procedure was successful, you should open a new terminal window and
should then be able, for example, to start the Spyder IDE by simply typing in the shell:
$ spyder
Alternatively, you can start a Python session from the shell as follows:
$ python
Python 2.7.6 |Anaconda 1.9.2 (x86_64)| (default, Feb 10 2014, 17:56:29)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)] on darwin
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>> exit()
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Anaconda by default installs, at the time of this writing, with Python 2.7.x. It always
comes with conda, the open source package manager. Useful information about this tool
can be obtained by the command:
$ conda info
Current conda install:
platform : osx-64
conda version : 3.4.1
python version : 2.7.6.final.0
root environment : /Library/anaconda (writable)
default environment : /Library/anaconda
envs directories : /Library/anaconda/envs
package cache : /Library/anaconda/pkgs
channel URLs : http://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/osx-64/
http://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/osx-64/
config file : None
is foreign system : False
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