Preparing a System for Interactive Scientific Computing

The ability to effectively and efficiently work with data sets have existed for some time. There are projects like Jupyter which have an interactive computing environment, allowing the creation of interactive web applications, use of different kernels to utilize different engines, and ease of sharing the notebooks with colleagues.

Anaconda includes everything required for the majority of required cases. This is the recommended method for bootstrapping a system for development.

Install Anaconda on your system:
https://www.anaconda.com/download/

The installer for Anaconda is around 500MB, there is a lightweight version of Anaconda named Miniconda which is around 50MB in size.

Screenshots detailing the complete install process of Anaconda

[caption id="attachment_22" align="alignnone" width="300"] click on the button to download Anazonda[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_36" align="alignnone" width="300"] anaconda initial install screen[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_45" align="alignnone" width="300"] license agreement[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_37" align="alignnone" width="300"] the installation type must be selected for the install[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_42" align="alignnone" width="300"] select a different installation location if needed[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_35" align="alignnone" width="300"] the default advanced options should be fine for most installs[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_44" align="alignnone" width="300"] The install will start, this may take a while depending on the system.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_43" align="alignnone" width="300"] Once the install completes you"ll be able to go to the next screen[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_38" align="alignnone" width="300"] You may not need VSCode, but installing VSCode may be of benefit in the future[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_40" align="alignnone" width="300"] This may take a while since the install requires downloading the Microsoft VSCode installation files[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_39" align="alignnone" width="300"] Once the install is complete click Next[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_41" align="alignnone" width="300"] Uncheck each of the checkboxes and click Finish[/caption]

The system is now ready, enjoy Anaconda along with all of the fantastic components useful for interactive scientific computing.

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