Installing NumPy, Matplotlib, and SciPy on Mac OS X

You can install NumPy, Matplotlib, and SciPy on the Mac with a graphical installer or from the command line with a port manager, such as MacPorts or Fink, depending on your preference.

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We can get a NumPy installer from the SourceForge website at http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/. Similar files exist for Matplotlib and SciPy. Just change numpy in the previous URL to scipy or matplotlib. IPython didn't have a GUI installer at the time of writing. Download the appropriate DMG file as shown in the following screenshot; usually the latest one is the best. Another alternative is the SciPy Superpack (https://github.com/fonnesbeck/ScipySuperpack). Whichever option you choose, it is important ...

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