Time for action – installing NumPy, matplotlib, SciPy, and IPython on Windows

Installing NumPy on Windows is necessary but this is, fortunately, a straightforward task that we will cover in detail. It is recommended that you install matplotlib, SciPy, and IPython. However, this is not required to enjoy this book. The actions we will take are as follows:

  1. Download a NumPy installer for Windows from the SourceForge website http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/.
    Time for action – installing NumPy, matplotlib, SciPy, and IPython on Windows

    Choose the appropriate NumPy version according to your Python version. In the preceding screen shot, we chose numpy-1.9.2-win32-superpack-python2.7.exe.

  2. Open the EXE installer by double-clicking ...

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