Python for Librarians: Setup

Requirements:

For this lesson you will need to have Python 3 installation. Please go through all the installation steps below and make sure that you not only installed them, but start them up to make sure they’re working. If you have any problems, don’t hesitate to email the instructors to ask for help, or arrive early on the first day of the workshop to get help.

Please see the section for your operating system for those directions.

Windows


In the workshop, we will use Anaconda Python version 3. The Anaconda distribution of Python makes managing and installing packages very straightforward. Video Tutorial
  1. Open http://continuum.io/downloads with your web browser.
  2. Download the Python 3 installer for Windows.
  3. Install Python 3 using all of the defaults for installation except make sure to check Make Anaconda the default Python.

Mac


In the workshop, we will use Anaconda Python version 3. The Anaconda distribution of Python makes managing and installing packages very straightforward. Video Tutorial
  1. Open http://continuum.io/downloads with your web browser.
  2. Download the Python 3 installer for Mac.
  3. Install Python 3 using all of the defaults for installation except make sure to check Make Anaconda the default Python.

Linux


In the workshop, we will use Anaconda Python version 3. The Anaconda distribution of Python makes managing and installing packages very straightforward.
  1. Open http://continuum.io/downloads with your web browser.
  2. Download the Python 3 installer for Linux.
  3. Install Python 3 using all of the defaults for installation except make sure to check Make Anaconda the default Python.