Differences between revisions 9 and 27 (spanning 18 versions)

Python

We provide as many modules as possible that come with the current Debian GNU/Linux stable release. Nevertheless, that might not be enough for your needs since you may want to use the newest version of some module or one that is not part of Debian.

Since Python 2.6 there is an easy way to install missing or outdated modules in your home through easy_install.

How to use easy_install

Command line help:	`easy_install --help`
Online documentation:	http://packages.python.org/distribute/easy_install.html
Install a new module:	`easy_install --user MODULENAME`
Update an existing module:	`easy_install --user -U MODULENAME`

Modules will be installed in your home within ~/.local/. You do not need to adapt the PYTHONPATH environment variable since python will look for modules in this directory automatically.

Installing other versions of Python with pyenv

You can of course install other versions of Python in your home. A very comfortable way of doing that is by using pyenv. Here is a short install howto. Further down you find links to documentation etc.

Install pyenv:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yyuu/pyenv-installer/master/bin/pyenv-installer | bash

Add the following three lines to your ~/.bashrc:

export PATH="$HOME/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)" 
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"

Restart your shell so the path changes take effect:
```
exec $SHELL
```
Install some python version, e.g. for python 2.7.7:
```
pyenv install 2.7.7
pyenv rehash
```
Make sure that this new python version will be used when you run python. You only need to run this command once:
```
pyenv global 2.7.7
```
In order to update pyenv run:
```
pyenv update
```

Documentation of pyenv

Website of pyenv

https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv/

Website of pyenv installer

https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv-installer

Installation of custom (non easy_install-able) Python modules in the home directory of a user

We are sometimes asked for newer version of Python modules. We do no longer build Python modules in SEPP as the requests for modules and their versions is too widespread to keep these modules maintainable.

On this page we will list some bash-snippets that install some often requested modules in a users home.

numpy

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 
   3 VERSION_NUMPY=1.7.1
   4 builddir="/scratch/${USER}/build/numpy"
   5 
   6 mkdir -p ${builddir}
   7 
   8 cd ${builddir}
   9 wget --output-document=numpy-${VERSION_NUMPY}.tar.gz \
  10     http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/${VERSION_NUMPY}/numpy-${VERSION_NUMPY}.tar.gz/download
  11 tar -xvvzkf numpy-${VERSION_NUMPY}.tar.gz
  12 cd numpy-${VERSION_NUMPY}
  13 python setup.py build --fcompiler=gnu95
  14 python setup.py install --user

scipy

Depends on

numpy

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 
   3 VERSION_SCIPY=0.13.0b1
   4 builddir="/scratch/${USER}/build/scipy"
   5 
   6 mkdir -p ${builddir}
   7 
   8 cd ${builddir}
   9 wget --output-document=scipy-${VERSION_SCIPY}.tar.gz \
  10     http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/scipy/scipy/${VERSION_SCIPY}/scipy-${VERSION_SCIPY}.tar.gz
  11 tar -xvvzkf scipy-${VERSION_SCIPY}.tar.gz
  12 cd scipy-${VERSION_SCIPY}
  13 python setup.py build
  14 python setup.py install --user

matplotlib

Depends on

numpy

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 
   3 VERSION_MATPLOTLIB=1.3.0
   4 builddir="/scratch/${USER}/build/matplotlib"
   5 
   6 mkdir -p ${builddir}
   7 
   8 cd ${builddir}
   9 wget --output-document=matplotlib-${VERSION_MATPLOTLIB}.tar.gz \
  10     http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-${VERSION_MATPLOTLIB}/matplotlib-${VERSION_MATPLOTLIB}.tar.gz/download
  11 tar -xvvzkf matplotlib-${VERSION_MATPLOTLIB}.tar.gz
  12 cd matplotlib-${VERSION_MATPLOTLIB}
  13 python setup.py build
  14 python setup.py install --user

nose

Depends on

numpy

scipy

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 
   3 VERSION_NOSE=1.0.0
   4 builddir="/scratch/${USER}/build/nose"
   5 
   6 mkdir -p ${builddir}
   7 
   8 cd ${builddir}
   9 wget http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/nose-${VERSION_NOSE}.tar.gz
  10 tar -xvvzkf nose-${VERSION_NOSE}.tar.gz
  11 cd nose-${VERSION_NOSE}
  12 python setup.py build
  13 python setup.py install --user

nlopt

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 
   3 # Installation script for nlopt library
   4 
   5 VERSION=2.3
   6 INSTALLDIR=$HOME/.local
   7 BUILDDIR=/scratch/$USER/nlopt
   8 
   9 mkdir -p $BUILDDIR
  10 cd $BUILDDIR
  11 
  12 wget "http://ab-initio.mit.edu/nlopt/nlopt-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
  13 tar -xvvzkf nlopt-${VERSION}.tar.gz
  14 cd nlopt-${VERSION}
  15 
  16 ./configure \
  17         --enable-shared \
  18         --prefix=$INSTALLDIR \
  19         OCT_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALLDIR/octave/oct \
  20         M_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALLDIR/octave/m/ \
  21         MEX_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALLDIR/mex \
  22         GUILE_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALLDIR/guile
  23 
  24 make
  25 make install

CategoryLXSW

-  ⇤ ← Revision 9 as of 2013-06-04 11:16:13 → 
  Size: 4063
  Editor: alders
  Comment:
+   ← Revision 27 as of 2014-06-20 14:16:39 → ⇥
  Size: 5039
  Editor: alders
  Comment:
-Deletions are marked like this.
+Additions are marked like this.
 Line 16:
-== Installing other versions of Python ==
+== Installing other versions of Python with pyenv ==
 Line 18:
-You can of course install other versions of Python in your home. A very comfortable way of doing that is by using [[https://github.com/utahta/pythonbrew|pythonbrew]]. You will find a howto on that website with detailled instructions how to use it.
+You can of course install other versions of Python in your home. A very comfortable way of doing that is by using {{{pyenv}}}. Here is a short install howto. Further down you find links to documentation etc.

 * Install pyenv:
 {{{
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yyuu/pyenv-installer/master/bin/pyenv-installer | bash}}}

 * Add the following three lines to your ~/.bashrc:
 {{{
export PATH="$HOME/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)" 
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"}}}

 * Restart your shell so the path changes take effect:
 {{{
exec $SHELL}}}

 * Install some python version, e.g. for python 2.7.7:
 {{{
pyenv install 2.7.7
pyenv rehash}}}

 * Make sure that this new python version will be used when you run python. You only need to run this command once:
 {{{
pyenv global 2.7.7}}}

 * In order to update {{{pyenv}}} run:
 {{{
pyenv update}}}

=== Documentation of pyenv ===
 || Website of pyenv || https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv/ ||
 || Website of pyenv installer || https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv-installer ||
-Line 31:
+Line 62:
-VERSION_NUMPY=1.6.0
installdir="${HOME}/opt"
+VERSION_NUMPY=1.7.1
-Line 34:
+Line 64:
-export PYTHONPATH=${installdir}/lib/python
-Line 41:
+Line 69:
-        http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/${VERSION_NUMPY}/numpy-${VERSION_NUMPY}.tar.gz/download
+    http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/${VERSION_NUMPY}/numpy-${VERSION_NUMPY}.tar.gz/download
-Line 45:
+Line 73:
-python setup.py install --home=${installdir}
+python setup.py install --user
-Line 50:
+Line 78:
- || '''Dependencies''' ||
 || numpy ||
+|| '''Depends on''' ||
|| numpy ||
-Line 56:
+Line 84:
-VERSION_SCIPY=1.6.0
installdir="${HOME}/opt"
+VERSION_SCIPY=0.13.0b1
-Line 59:
+Line 86:
-export PYTHONPATH=${installdir}/lib/python
-Line 66:
+Line 91:
-        http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipy/files/scipy/${VERSION_SCIPY}/scipy-${VERSION_SCIPY}.tar.gz/download
+    http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/scipy/scipy/${VERSION_SCIPY}/scipy-${VERSION_SCIPY}.tar.gz
-Line 70:
+Line 95:
-python setup.py install --home=${installdir}
+python setup.py install --user
-Line 75:
+Line 100:
- * First you need to install scipy as shown above and make sure PYTHONPATH points to the new numpy installation.
+|| '''Depends on''' ||
|| numpy ||
-Line 80:
+Line 106:
-VERSION_MATPLOTLIB=1.0.1
installdir="${HOME}/opt"
+VERSION_MATPLOTLIB=1.3.0
-Line 83:
+Line 108:
-export PYTHONPATH=${installdir}/lib/python
-Line 90:
+Line 113:
-        http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-${VERSION_MATPLOTLIB}/matplotlib-${VERSION_MATPLOTLIB}.tar.gz/download
+    http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/matplotlib/matplotlib-${VERSION_MATPLOTLIB}/matplotlib-${VERSION_MATPLOTLIB}.tar.gz/download
-Line 94:
+Line 117:
-python setup.py install --home=${installdir}
+python setup.py install --user
-Line 99:
+Line 122:
- * This module is required to run e.g. the numpy and scipy test suites.
+|| '''Depends on''' ||
|| numpy ||
|| scipy ||
-Line 105:
+Line 130:
-installdir="${HOME}/opt"
-Line 107:
+Line 131:
-export PYTHONPATH=${installdir}/lib/python
-Line 117:
+Line 139:
-python setup.py install --home=${installdir}
+python setup.py install --user
}}}

=== nlopt ===
{{{#!highlight bash
#!/bin/bash

# Installation script for nlopt library

VERSION=2.3
INSTALLDIR=$HOME/.local
BUILDDIR=/scratch/$USER/nlopt

mkdir -p $BUILDDIR
cd $BUILDDIR

wget "http://ab-initio.mit.edu/nlopt/nlopt-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
tar -xvvzkf nlopt-${VERSION}.tar.gz
cd nlopt-${VERSION}

./configure \
        --enable-shared \
        --prefix=$INSTALLDIR \
        OCT_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALLDIR/octave/oct \
        M_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALLDIR/octave/m/ \
        MEX_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALLDIR/mex \
        GUILE_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALLDIR/guile

make
make install

Wiki

Page

Python

How to use easy_install

Installing other versions of Python with pyenv

Documentation of pyenv

Installation of custom (non easy_install-able) Python modules in the home directory of a user

numpy

scipy

matplotlib

nose

nlopt

Website of pyenv	https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv/
Website of pyenv installer	https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv-installer