Pre-newbie stuck on the on-deck circle

[Mark Fenbers]

I'm investigating Python for determining its possibilities regarding a project
I've inherited to plot line charts... essentially replicating this graphic:
http://ahps.erh.noaa.gov/iln/ahps/RiverDat/gifs/ccno1.png.  I've learned enough
so far to know that scipy.gplt and scipy.plt won't do enough of what I want.
Perhap Gist will.  Is Gist the same as scipy.xplt?

I've done just about zero so far in Python, aside from type in a couple short
examples.  There seems to be a mysterious lack of documentation on scipy.xplt
and only slightly more on Gist, but the latest documentation on Gist I could
find was from 5 years ago.  I started playing with some Gist examples and
couldn't get past the first line ... not surprising with the amount of
information I have found.  At the Python prompt, I typed

>>>  from gist import *
Traceback ...
...
ImportError: No module named gist
>>>

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that I haven't downloaded or
installed gist, but I tried it just in case the computer I inherited happened to
already have it -- apparently not!

So where do I get Gist, and how do I install it once I get it?  I got scipy and
thought I installed it, but I get the same error when I try: from scipy import *

How do I install scipy (and Gist [or xplt] once I get it) since there is no
"./configure ; make ; make install" dance to do?

Mark
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