[Doc] Mention IPython and Matplotlib in installation instructions

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Ray Speth 2015-10-22 23:12:43 -04:00
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@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ installation instructions are for Cantera 2.2.0.
c:\python34\python.exe "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\get-pip.py"
4. **Install Numpy**
4. **Install Numpy and optional Python packages**
- Go to the `Unofficial Windows Binaries for Python Extension Packages page
<http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#numpy>`_.
@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ installation instructions are for Cantera 2.2.0.
c:\python34\scripts\pip.exe install "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\numpy1.8.2+mklcp34nonewin_amd64.whl"
- If you plan on using Cantera from Python, you may also want to install
IPython (an advanced interactive Python interpreter) and Matplotlib (a
plotting library), which are also available from the above link (note that
you may also need to download additional dependencies for each of these
packages). Matplotlib is required to run some of the Python examples.
5. **Remove old versions of Cantera**
- Use The Windows "Add/Remove Programs" interface
@ -207,11 +213,22 @@ you can skip any steps which have already been completed.
Note that these packages are required even if you do not plan on using the
Cantera Python 2 module.
- If you plan on using Cantera from Python, you may also want to install
IPython (an advanced interactive Python interpreter) and Matplotlib (a
plotting library). Matplotlib is required to run some of the Python
examples::
pip install ipython matplotlib
- If you want to build the Cantera Python 3 module, run::
brew install python3
pip3 install numpy cython
and, optionally::
pip3 install ipython matplotlib
3. **Compile and install Cantera**
* To compile and install Cantera using the default configuration, run::
@ -331,3 +348,15 @@ To install all of the Cantera packages::
sudo aptitude install cantera-python cantera-python3 cantera-dev
or install whichever subset you need by adjusting the above command.
If you plan on using Cantera from Python, you may also want to install IPython
(an advanced interactive Python interpreter) and Matplotlib (a plotting
library), which are also available from the above link. Matplotlib is required
to run some of the Python examples. For Python 2, these packages can be
installed with::
sudo aptitude install ipython python-matplotlib
And for Python 3, these packages can be installed with::
sudo aptitude install ipython3 python3-matplotlib