[CentralOH] IPython & Notebook on Xubuntu 12.10 Desktop i386

[Austin Godber]

Thanks for sharing that, Eric!


On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Eric Floehr <eric at intellovations.com>wrote:

> IPython and specifically IPython Notebook is one of those rare truly new
> ideas and I think is going to end up being something very used and useful.
> Just today, on the Python in Atmospheric Sciences newgroup I subscribe to,
> this Github repository of notable IPython notebooks was referenced:
>
>
> https://github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/A-gallery-of-interesting-IPython-Notebooks
>
> The collection of notebooks ranges from scientific to statistical, from
> physics to politics. And the coolest thing is you don't even need to
> install IPython to view them. ipython.org hosts a free ipython notebook
> viewer. For example, take a look at this Matplotlib tutorial:
>
>
> http://nbviewer.ipython.org/urls/raw.github.com/jrjohansson/scientific-python-lectures/master/Lecture-4-Matplotlib.ipynb
>
> Cheers,
> Eric
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:10 PM, <jep200404 at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> "Python for Data Analysis" (pfda) and Brandon's presentation in December
>> have created an itch to play with IPython, but there were
>> package dependencies that thwarted me until now.
>>
>> Here's the recipe I came up with that plays nice at least with
>> the early part of pfda. I did my installation testing on a live
>> CD in a virtual machine, because it's easy to go back to its
>> original state to see if my instructions really have all the
>> necessary steps, or when I did some magic step that I forgot to
>> put in the recipe below.
>>
>> # 2013-02-13
>> # Installing Ipython Notebook on
>> # Xubuntu 12.10 Desktop i386 (used as live CD)
>> # for Python for Data Analysis
>>
>> start_time=`date`
>> mkdir ~/pfda
>> cd ~/pfda
>> sudo apt-get update
>> # sudo apt-get upgrade
>> yes | sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
>> yes | sudo apt-get install python-dev
>> yes | sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev
>> yes | sudo apt-get install libpng12-dev
>> virtualenv env
>> source env/bin/activate
>> pip install ipython
>> pip install tornado
>> pip install pyzmq
>> pip install numpy
>> pip install pandas
>> pip install matplotlib
>> echo 'from IPython.external import mathjax; mathjax.install_mathjax();' \
>> | ipython
>> echo $start_time
>> date
>> # Takes about 20 minutes in VM with one core of 2 GHz Intel T2500.
>> # Takes about 40 minutes on Intel Atom N270 (X12.10 installed on hard
>> drive)
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>> - - -
>>
>> # Get some data. The *usagov_bitly_data2012-03-16-1331923249* file is
>> # relevant for following along in pfda.
>>
>> mkdir data
>> cd data
>> wget -x -a log \
>>
>> https://github.com/pydata/pydata-book/blob/master/ch02/usagov_bitly_data2012-03-16-1331923249.txt?raw=true\
>>
>> bitly.measuredvoice.com/bitly_archive/usagov_bitly_data2012-03-16-1331923249\
>>
>> bitly.measuredvoice.com/bitly_archive/usagov_bitly_data2012-11-12-1352761058\
>>
>> bitly.measuredvoice.com/bitly_archive/usagov_bitly_data2013-02-12-1360684158
>> cd -
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>> - - -
>>
>> # Here's another way of getting a whole bunch of pfda stuff.
>>
>> # bitly just recently dropped
>> #
>> bitly.measuredvoice.com/bitly_archive/usagov_bitly_data2012-03-16-1331923249
>> .
>> # Fortunately, there's a backup on github.
>> #
>> https://github.com/pydata/pydata-book/blob/master/ch02/usagov_bitly_data2012-03-16-1331923249.txt?raw=true
>> # Note the .txt ending on the github filename.
>>
>> yes | sudo apt-get install git
>> git clone https://github.com/pydata/pydata-book ;# takes about 40.00 MiB
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>> - - -
>>
>> # Here's how I invoke the IPython notebook.
>> # The path is for pasting into the notebook.
>>
>> ipython notebook --pylab inline
>> path = 'data/
>> github.com/pydata/pydata-book/blob/master/ch02/usagov_bitly_data2012-03-16-1331923249.txt?raw=true
>> '
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