Linux

Package Manager

Linux users should be able to use their package manager to install all of this software (if you’re using Linux, we assume you won’t have any trouble with these requirements).

However note that if you are running an older Linux distribution you may get older versions with different look and features. A recent Linux distribution is recommended.

Python via package manager

Recent versions of Ubuntu pack mostly up to date versions of all needed packages. The version of IPython might be slightly out of date. Advanced users may wish to upgrade this using pip or a manual install. On Ubuntu you should ensure that the following packages are installed using apt-get.

• python3-numpy
• python3-scipy
• python3-pytest
• python3-matplotlib
• python3-pip
• jupyter
• ipython3
• ipython3-notebook

Older distributions may have outdated versions of specific packages. Other linux distributions most likely also contain the needed python packages but again they may also be outdated.

Git

If git is not already available on your machine you can try to install it via your distribution package manager (e.g. apt-get or yum), for example:

sudo apt-get install git

Editor

Many different text editors suitable for programming are available. If you don’t already have a favourite, you could look at Visual Studio Code. Check their setup page for detailed instructions.

For a better git integration we suggest the git graph plugin.

Regardless of which editor you have chosen you should configure git to use it. Executing something like this in a terminal should work:

git config --global core.editor NameofYourEditorHere

The default shell is usually bash but if not you can get to bash by opening a terminal and typing bash.